HASTINGS HOLD-UP
VICTIM SUFFERS RELAPSE ADMISSION TO HOSPITAL [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] HASTINGS, Tuesday Tho victim of the armed hold-up and assault in Hastings last week, Mr. A. A. Wilson, suffered a relapse' yesterday aftornooQ. and was admitted to tho Napier Public Hospital. As the result of an X-ray examination it was learned that although Mr. Wilson's conditon was not serious he will be an inmate of tho hospital for at least three weeks. In a violent attack by two young men Mr. Wilson received numerous blows on the head, necessitating a number of stitches. Ho resumed work tho next day, continuing his duties until yesterday. His alleged assailants woro arrested last Thursday, and the Lower Court hearing was to bogin this Thursday. v
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23432, 23 August 1939, Page 14
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