COLORFUL AFFAIR

COLORFUL AFFAIR

Tai Met Young Chang (From "N.Z. Truth's" Te Kuiti Rep.) A swirling mass of brown and yellow humanity recently caused a large crowd to assemble m the main street of Te Kuiti, when two Maoris and a couple of Chinese got to grips. A young Chinese, named Chang, nephew of Joe Hoe, was putting up a blind outside the window of Hoe's shop, when a somewhat portly native named Tai -Ihia came along and, seizing the blind, pitched it into the gutter. The somewhat diminutive Chang looked on m surprise and. not being prepared' to tackle the Maori himself, ran inside for uncle Joe. Tai then walked away, but returned a little later and wanted to fight Hoe's brother Yum, but/ Yum being of the feather class and Tai of the heavy a match was not arranged, although uncle Joe said he was game to tackle the Maori. i Seeing that the honor of the Maori I race was at stake,, another -Maori named AVetere Hetet, is alleged to have pulled the Chinese off, but he was. then set upon by another Chinese known as Long. As a result -of the affray,' the two Maoris appeared before the court a few days ago, charged with disorderly behavior, Tai also being charged with a breech of his prohibition order. Both pleaded not guilty. The magistrate fined Tai a fiver altogether. t The charge against Hetet was dismissed. NZ Truth , Issue 1090, 21 October 1926, Page 5