POLICEMAN STABBED
By Telegraph—Press Association.
FUGITIVE TURNS AT BAY
ESCAPE OF ASSAILANT
Waihi, Last Night. A stab in the right' cheek with a sharp instrument was suffered by Constable William Harper, Waihi, when he gave chase to a man seen leaving in suspicious circumstances the borough council yards. The man turned suddenly on the constable and inflicted the wound. So far no arrest has been made. Benzine has been stolen recently from the yards. Several stitches had to • he put in. the wound in the constable's cheek. Some of his clothing was tom.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19400910.2.104
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, 10 September 1940, Page 8
Word count
Tapeke kupu
93POLICEMAN STABBED Taranaki Daily News, 10 September 1940, Page 8
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. 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 Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in