RATHER VIOLENT SCENE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 105, 11 January 1912, Page 8

RATHER VIOLENT SCENE.

GIRL, SUITOR, AND RIVAL. Auckland, Wednesday. A case that haS created considerable interest in the district was heard at.the Hikurangi Police Court yesterday, whem, a charge. of assaulting a young man, named Horace Edward Rowlands, was preferred against another young man named Harry Wilson Telfer.< It appeared from the evidence that both men' were suitors for the hand of a i farmer's daughter residing at Raima-! maku. The young lady had been en-J gaged to Telfer, hut recently decided to break it off, and. wished to marry Rowlands. On Christmas Day Rowlands' proceeded to see the girl's parents, to obtain their consent to the union, but Telfer also appeared on the scene with a double-barrelled gun, and ■ threatened to kill both his rival and the girl. A struggle took place, and, as the result of the combined efforts of Rowlands, the girl, and her mother, Telfer was disarmed. The girl's father is a cripple, and was unable to take any part in the affair. During the struggle Rowlands received a blow from the stock of the gun on the head, inflicting a severe wound, and medical assistance had to Ibe. obtained. The presiding justices decided to take a lenient view of the matter, and bound Telfer over in two securities of £SO each to keep the peace for twelve months, and also ordered him to pay the court costs. , . toJk.Hf