SOLDIER CAUSES A SCENE.
THREATENS HIS MOTHER WITH ii RIFLE. By Telegraph.—Press Association. , Dtmedin, Last Night. An undischarged . soldier, Leonard George Robertson, who appeared to •# suffering from the effects of excess!** drinking, took charge of his mothers I shop at 82, Bay View Road, this eve*- , ing, and emphasised his threats ' demonstrating with a rifle, f His mother took to the street in alarm, and Robertson proceeded to t»IM ; charge of the street by me&ng of the i rifle. Constable Milne came on the scene i and in spite of repeated threats: from ; Robertson, who promised sudden death , to all and sundry, the constable dashed . in and got hold of the rifle. I A violent struggle ensued, in the . course of which Robertson's arm was broken. It subsequently turned out . that, the rifle which played so prominent . a part was not looked-
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Taranaki Daily News, 14 January 1920, Page 5
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142SOLDIER CAUSES A SCENE. Taranaki Daily News, 14 January 1920, Page 5
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