THE FRACAS BETWEEN MAN O'-WAR'S MEN AND POLICE.
♦ Wellington, Monday. Another sailor, named Brown, was arrested to-day, and detained in custody on board the Tauranga, on the charge of being concerned in the affray on Saturday. The night police managed to handcuff him at the time ; but he got away with the manacles on him. A civilian, named Hopeworth, who encouraged the sailors to resist the police, was fined 40s. Constable McLeod, amongst other injuries, received a eevere kick in the stomach, and today was ttill bad, spitting blood.
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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 293, 26 May 1898, Page 4
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89THE FRACAS BETWEEN MAN O'-WAR'S MEN AND POLICE. Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 293, 26 May 1898, Page 4
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