THE GAIETY COMPANY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4436, 5 June 1893, Page 3

THE GAIETY COMPANY.

I Thrashinq an:Editor^ United Press Association, s ; Dimdin, Monday;' J" In consequence of " Tho Work- , uiau"publishingsome severe strictures on the oharaotcr of tbo Gaiety '" Company,; several members of both sexes proceeded to tho office this morninganddemandcdanoxplanaliou, but nothing satisfactory being forthcoming five of thi female choristers thrashed the Editor and all the printers present with horsewhips, they were ejected into the street, the door being cloned in their faces, tliey t then broke the windows, smashed in « the door, and regaining admisj sion completely wrecked the interior of the building. A free fight ensued on the street. in the s presence of.a largo crowd, in < tho P course of which one of the women re- . ceived a severo blow on the right cyo [ and one male member of the Com- . pany bad his faco out ojn-ti. I A constable then aimed just as tho j members of this surprise party wore leaving, and at tbo request of Lester, , proprietor of tho " Workman," four of ! thestagohandsweroarrestedundwillbe , brought before Iho Court to-morrow, j It is.understood a summons will also . be issued against lite company cliarg- , ing them with a breech of the peace. One printer was laid on tho floor, and I had his faco blackened with manganese.