GIRL ASSAULTED.
IN THE STREETS OF AUCKLAND. [per press association.] Auckland, May 29. A girl named Gwendoline Leather was returning home about six o’clock last night when she was assaulted by a man who hit her on the head with an iron spanner. She fell and the assailant grasped her by the throat. She screamed and the man snatched her hand bag and bolted. The girl has two scalp wounds which required twelve stitches and bears marks on her neck. The spanner is in the possession of the police but there is no further clue.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 139, 29 May 1914, Page 3
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95GIRL ASSAULTED. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IV, Issue 139, 29 May 1914, Page 3
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