STRUCK FROM BEHIND
TAXI DRIVER ASSAULTED (P.A.) AUCKLAND, July 30. About 9.30 last night a taxi driver, Jack Stewart Young (40), was' attacked by an .unknown man travelling as a passenger in the rear seat of his taxi in Haekett street, Ponsonby, and was struck three blows on the head from behind. The assailant jumped from the taxi as it was stopping and escaped. Young drove the taxi after the man a short distance, and on returning to the scene of the assault found in the rear of the car two pieces of wood, each about 9in long, connected by a length of wire. It is thought, however, that he was struck with something heavier than this, as he had two lacerated wounds on the head and bruises and an abrasion on the forehead. The police were early on the scene, and searched for the assailant without success.
Young was.sent to hospital, but after receiving attention returned to his home.
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Evening Star, Issue 23950, 30 July 1941, Page 8
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160STRUCK FROM BEHIND Evening Star, Issue 23950, 30 July 1941, Page 8
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