ALLEGED ASSAULT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14235, 4 December 1909, Page 7

ALLEGED ASSAULT.

WOMAN BADLY WOUNDED.

[BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.]

Wellington, Friday. The police to-day received information of an assault on a woman which occurred on Tuesday, the result being the arrest of a man named David Bates. It is alleged that Bates attacked a woman named Mrs. Sheehan with a table-knife, inflicting two wounds in her thigh, and also causing" bruises in several parts of her body, and blackening her eyes. The knife is said to have been broken in the fray. Mrs. Sheehan is now in the hospital. Another woman, who intervened, is said to have been also struck several blows.

The humble bee can be an obstinate insect when it chooses, and woo betide the unfortunates who then try to me-'dle with it. Towards the end of last week (writes our Huntly correspondent) two of the tennis courts at Huntly were abandoned to a large swarm of bees which chose the central net post as their favoured location. In spite- of several attempts made to oust them, they kept possession, till Sunday last. That they objected to being disturbed was proved by their attack upon the caretaker, who was forced to leave the roller after being stung'several times.

IJolidav wear: Panama and straw hats, light vests, thin underwear, comfortable shirts, sweaters, bathing suits, special value. —At Bushbrook and Bridgman s, Queenstreet. Open till 9 tonight. Preparations for the Devonport Floral Fete, which is to ho held on the racecourse, aro now well in hand. Between 40 and 50 entries have already been received for the "poster march." Tho 10-milo Marathon race should bo a draw to athletes, and tho great muster of boy scouts for manoeuvres should be a novel attraction.