KELBURN SENSATION
WOMAN SET UPON
(By Telegraph—Per Presß Association.!
WELLINGTON, July 7
' Tiie 'residents of' •l%lbui‘b ■mre'/ most’ con ;-efned about ; cases of' assault and ’'ag-shatching which have 5 occurfed-ih iroad -daylight': ; The : offence -took place on a path that runs through tlic Botanical Gardens. This path is'used fyennenfrly as a short cut .by. ,n*ost_ jrf. lie residents in the vicinity.
A young woman .was .walking along : this- "path: in.the-early part of Friday 'hifternobfij when) at- was''■reported.- & a man came no behind her. aiicT struck ,a K >r on the head with a bar of,, iron, wrapped in brown paper. H;®*. snatched '-her handbag and dis^,ppeafe^
-Suffering great pain, "the young 1 Wof man managed to. bring- herself toj.'n '-..rearby Jtouse,;-where sf(e received “intention. until, the. arrival of a doctor. ,'vl'o found it necessary to put stitches in. the (wound oil "her head. A few minutes after . the assault Vi . resident of Wesley Road walked along the pathway, and found on tim ground a book, a parn.spl; ..and the bar of 'iron. She immediately. reported, this to, the pi ice. . Aiiotlier.caseoflmg-snatelnng was reported from the same locality a few miffirtes | later. - TJ.ie: victim in this instauch. fortunate: than ’’Hie" -other, wdihawy 'foU she was not assaulted: .:■/■■■■■ ■- ’ v
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 July 1930, Page 6
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207KELBURN SENSATION Hokitika Guardian, 8 July 1930, Page 6
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