BRUTAL ASSAULT
struck with spanner *■ r WELLINGTON, Sunday. • I ' . i Clarence Toom'er, employed at the De Luxe Petrol-Statio'n at Ihe corner of Clyde Quay and Wakefield Street, is now in hospital seriousTy hurt as the result of an assault by two unltnown- men at 9.45 5 p.m. on Saturday -night. Details of the assault are lacking, f owing to- the- victim- ibeing still unrconscious, but- it is believed that Toomer was struck from behind,' : probab'ly with' a spanner.' ' The blPw-Was a heavy one,'making a gash near the base of the skull. •' r "" ' •• ' The only knoym witness of the -assault was a- Woman wiho- was taking a" short tut through the service station. She"!'heard Toomer attempting to shout and saw two men hurrying away.* The " police are- investigating, but rire hamperPd through Iack of "detailj Tobmer * is 23 " yearis of age and is unmarried^
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/RMPOST19320215.2.61
Bibliographic details
Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 148, 15 February 1932, Page 5
Word Count
143BRUTAL ASSAULT Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 148, 15 February 1932, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Rotorua Morning Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in