Auckland Taxi-drivers Attacked By Passengers
AUCKLAND, May 22 (P.A.).-— Two taxi-drivers of the _ Auckland Co-operative Taxi Society were struck over the head in their cabs this evening by two men who then made off without paying their fares.; The taxi-drivers were Frederick Appleton, aged 35, of Point Chevalier, and William Booth, of Onehunga. Neither of them was seriously injured.
Appleton, the victim of the first assault, was engaged about 6 p.m. by two young men who instructed him to drive them to a hotel in the city. As he was pulling up outside the hotel he was hit on* the head by one of the passengers. He shouted for help and the men left the car and disappeared. The second assault took place outside the Green Lane Hospital about 9 o’clock. After accepting a fare from two men from Newmarket to the hospital. Booth had just stopped his taxi and was about to ask for his money when he was hit over the head with “something that felt soft.” Booth grappled with his assailants, but received several more blows on the head. The two men then, made off. After receiving medical attention, Booth went home..
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Greymouth Evening Star, 23 May 1949, Page 3
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