DOMINION NEWS.
A RIOT IN WELLINGTON.
By Telegraph—Press Assooiatiofl Wellington, Aug. 1%. As a sequel to a riot in the centre of the city last night, eight men appeared < at the Magistrate's Court to-day. If was .stated that the trouble arose ov®< •• the arrest of a fireman'who refused tot leave licensed premises. The police wereinterfered with by the mates of the man, and, Jfiter, a big crowd joined in the disturbance, which lasted for about owo hours. Some twenty police even-' tually appeared and mounted cleared the road. , Harvey Nicholls, the man who was the! main cause of the disturbance, was sen- , * teneed to three .months' imprisonment,! in addition to fines. r J ' _ 'Wellington, Last Niglit. • V Sidney Eeid, charged iwith obstruct in £*, ;i constable in the execution of his duty, was fined £5; John .Tones, similarly, " ' charged, was fined £10; Henry Jensen! .. and Ernest Lerhke, charged with iocit-i ing a man to resist arrest, were Snied) £5 each. Terence Bowler,. a on n charge of inciting *< was convicted and ordered to to the military authorities. * -
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 August 1917, Page 5
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