Christchurch Sensations.
LIQUOR IN THE EXHIBITION. Christchurch, March 30. 1 he Police raided tho oyster saloon at the Inhibition and seized 107 bottles of stout and beer. Two plain-clothes Constables, brought down specially from the North Island, ara understood to have purchased drink at the saloon on two nights running. A summons is to be issued against the proprietor of the saloon for illegally selling liquor at the Exhibition. . A most oowardly assault is alleged to have bean perpetrated by a man named Thornley on John Bridgman, a financial agent. Bridgman was talking to Detective Bishop at the corner of Hereford and Colombo Streets, when Thornley came up and insulted him. Bridgman retaliated with his fists. Thornley then knocked him down with a terrible blow on the face, cutting open his cheek. Thornley was arrested and taken to the Polioe Station,
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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 8, Issue 27, 2 April 1907, Page 5
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141Christchurch Sensations. Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 8, Issue 27, 2 April 1907, Page 5
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