MAORIS' ATTACK

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22932, 10 January 1938, Page 8

MAORIS' ATTACK

COUNTY CHAIRMAN HURT; WIFE PUSHED OVER BANK. 1 FAIL CAUSES CONCUSSION STONES THROWN AT PARTE [BY TELEGRAPH —OWN" CORRESPOXDj^"^'"' ' WHANGAREI, Sunday \J? Severe injuries were suffered by Mrs, !ffP| W. Vickers, and minor injuries by her.' husband, Mr. Vickers. who iis chairman ?§ii of the Mangonni County Council, w-hea * V they were assaulted by a Maori and hit wife at Ow'nata, near Herekino, yester- SIR day morning. A party of 30 Herekino settlers and \ their friends, including Mr, and (i, Vickers, decided to hold a picnic at th»l.\, mouth of the Herekino River, on Satus, day. They were walking to the beaelis and when Mr. and Mrs. Vickers came'V abreast of the Maori couple, the woman' threw a stone at Mr. Vickers, hit him in the chest and fractured *'/?' $ "b. Chairman Attacked rr t/ 1 ' vS The man then -attacked Mr. Vickers.; He was carrying a walking stick and?!® was able to defend himself until other members of the party rushed to hitiS assistance and secured the Maori, 'ijjfl Tn the meantime, the woman who* -r': had been talking to Mrs. Vickers, at--Mifp tucked lier. Mrs. Vickers was .Hf down a bank about loft, on to ; thft&gjlj rocks below. When the other m&nbehh*,r||| of the party reached her she was un-'gfft] conscious, her head having come contact with stones in the bank. Al|lltl member of the party gave first-aid and"?!® Dr. Sprack Torrie, of Kaitaia, was called. It was found that Mrs. Vickets was suffering from concussion, injuries V to the head and arms and abrasions. If|?| Serious Injuries So that a car could be brought to .-• where Mrs. Vickers lay, the party had to cut a fence across the road and fill in y a ditch. While this was being done the workers were under a fire of stones' thrown by the Maori woman, but no one was hurt. As Mrs. Vickers juries were too serious for her "to stand the 20-mile trip to the nearest hospital at Kaitaia, she to the kenzie homestead close , by, and after being attended by the doctor, to her. f home at Herekino. Her cpndition is £ : serious. Mr. Vickers was also attended by the doctor.