Two Taxi Drivers Hit Over The Head
AUCKLAND;' May ' 22. j • Two taxi drivers of thb Auckland Coopetative Taxi Society, " were strucnr' ^ over the head in their eabs tonight by two men who then" made ' hff wit'hout paying theif fares. The taxi drivers were Mr. Frederick Appleton, . aged 35, of Point Chevalier,. and Mr. William Booth, of Onehunga. Neither of them was seriously injured. Mr. Appleton,. the victim of the first assault, was/'efigaged about 6 p.m. py two young men who instructed him to drive them to an hotel in the city. As the taxi driver was pulling up outside the hotel, he was hit on the head by one of the passengers. He shouted for help and the men left the car and disappeared. The second assault took place Outside Greenlane Hospital about 9 o'clock. After accepting a fare from two men from Newmarket to the hospital, Mr. Boo.th had just stopped his taxi and
was to ask for the money when he wa3 hit over the head with ' 'something that felt soft. " Mr. Booth grappled with his assailants but received several more
.... = — - - ■«§ blows to the head. The two men then made oif and the taxi driver, bleeding freely from cuts, drove to the hospital. After inedical attention he went home. ~~~~~ — — — —
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 May 1949, Page 6
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