VICTIM OF ASSAULT
—^ A RELAPSE [Per United Press Association.] HASTINGS. August 21. The victim of an armed hold-up and assault in Hastings last week, A. A. Wilson, suffered a relapse this afternoon and was admitted to the Napier Public Hospital. As the result of an X-ray examination it was learned that his cpndition is not serious, although he will be an inmate of the hospital for at least three weeks. In a violent attack by two young men, Wilson received numerous blows on the head, necessitating a number of stitches. He resumed work the next day, continuing his duties until to-day. Two suspects were arrested last Thursday.
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Evening Star, Issue 23351, 22 August 1939, Page 14
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107VICTIM OF ASSAULT Evening Star, Issue 23351, 22 August 1939, Page 14
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