ATTACK DURING THE NIGHT
On going to *a general store in Excelsior, Kingston, of which Mrs Longhurst, an elderly widow, is the proprietress, a neighbour found the door locked. She entered the premises and j fotind Mrs Longhurst lying in a bath I in which there was a small quantity of | water. Airs Longhurst was in a dazed i condition, suffering considerably .. from shock, but before her removal to hospital she stated that she had beery attacked by two men. During the night, she said, she awoke and found the men in her bedroom. They struck her head and carried her to the bathroom, where she lost consciousness. , The police found the house had been ransacked and about £3O in money stolen.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11686, 26 November 1923, Page 3
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