SHIP’S COOK WOUNDED

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 938, 3 April 1930, Page 1

SHIP’S COOK WOUNDED

fight on the Golden Coast ATTACKED WITH CAKE-KNIFE i A ROW on the Golden Coast, of Los Angeles, now lying at I rincc s "Wharf, resulted in the chief cook, George Meyers, receiving a five-inch cut across the forehead from~a flying knife. Ed. Curry, the second cook, was later taken in charge by the police, and will appear before the court tomorrow.

The trouble occurred at breakfast, {ibout 5.40 o’clock, today. It is stated tbat relations between Meyers and Curry have been strained ever since the ship left the American coast. A climax was reached this morning, when, as the result of heated words, Curry is alleged to have attacked - Meyers with a cake-knife, a heavyhandled weapon with a short, keen blade. Meyers received a deep cut an the forehead, and also ou the left ™ nst - Both wounds required stitching, and

Meyers was removed to the Auckland Hospital, where his wounds were attended to. Curry was arrested by ] the wharf police. I , I"he -Golden Coast arrived in Auckland during the week-end. At the Police Court this morning, Edward Curry, a ship’s cook, ag«d 5»! as c h a, 'Sed with assaulting George bo dUy'harm, “emartlngtoa” he mw had been arrested at 8 o’clock this morning, Sub-Inspector McCarthy a ?x^ et * lor a remand until Saturday. We may get the affair dealt with then,” he said. “Accused is off a ship which may sail on Saturday."