ASSAULTS ON YOUNG GIRLS.
ANOTHEE CASE AT. WAEKWOETH. (By Teleerajh.—Special.OorreenondeaU; ••'■. ~ Auckland, February '25. ; ,: The, Warkworth.'correspondent of the "Herald" reports another .case of. an assault upon a young girl. The girl, who is, 18, years' of age, was'attacked'-by a man of .strong build, aid: cried so'.loudly that a young .mai named Oakes who, was some considerable distance off heard her and went to her/assistance.' : .The" man jis. said to j hate 'confronted Oakes with a, knife,' and to have threatened to use' if if he. interfered, but Oakes; advanced boldly, "whereupon the man'made a dash for it and..-escaped; The; matter was reported to: Constable Johnston who arrested a man named Wm. J. P., Moore. The accused was .brought before a local justice and remanded. The girl assaulted was injured so seriously '.that- , , it -was found necessary to order her removal'to the : Auckland Hospital. ; i ;'- : • ' ■' • This (says the ; correspondent) ■ is '■ the third known outrage' committed against girls.of tender years in':the Ebdney-dis-taict within a short.period, and is making parents anxious" for" the safety of their ■ children. . . . ■„■..'■.'••■.■::'
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 752, 26 February 1910, Page 6
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