YELLOW AND BROWN.
BATTLE IN A KITCHEN. AUCKLAND, February 25. A fine of £3, with costs, £4 4s, was imposed on a Chinaman, Jim Yee, aged 19 (Mr. Leary) in the Police Court, on a charge of assaulting W. Tarau, a Maori. The charge was reduced from one of assault causing actual .bodily harm.
W. Tarau, a labourer, of Panmure, said that on February 17, he called at a Chinese restaurant in Albert Street to see a girl distantly related to him who was married to a Chinese. He asked for her, but accused said she was out, and told him to go outside. Witness remained, and after a time accused calk’d him into the kitchen. Witness went through the door, and accused then suddenly stuck a fork into his thigh, saying, “I am not afraid of you.” Witness did not threaten accused or use insulting language. After the evidence of accused and that of the proprietor of the restaurant had been heard, the Magistrate (Mr. McKean) said he thought that the Maori had given some provocation, and that seme kind of struggle ensued. He would take into account the fact that i there had been some aggravation.— ' (P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 26 February 1927, Page 5
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199YELLOW AND BROWN. Wairarapa Age, 26 February 1927, Page 5
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