CITY ASSAULT.
MAN IN HOSPITAL.
INJURIES NOT SERIOUS
Found wandering along Lorne Street in a dazed and distressed condition, with a wound above one eye and facial abrasions, Mr. Hugh Twidle, aged 47, of Glen Eden, was admitted to the Auck-i land Hospital after receiving treatment lat the St. John Ambulance station, .where he was taken by two men. | It is alleged that he was joined by three unknown men at the corner of Lorne and Rutland Streets shortly after p o'clock last night and later assaulted. Several blows on the head and face rendered him unconscious. Half an hour later lie was discovered staggering from I side to side in Lome Street, suffering from concussion.
To-day Mr. Twidle's condition was quite satisfactory. His injuries are not serious.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 192, 16 August 1939, Page 10
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128CITY ASSAULT. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 192, 16 August 1939, Page 10
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