AFFRAY IN THE BACKBLOCKS.
(Per Phess Association.) Wanganui, June 1. A man named Badcock is at present an inmate of the local hospital suffering from serious injuries as the result of an assault alleged to have been committed in Mataroa township, on the North Island main trunk, by three men. It appears that on the 13th of lastmonth there was a disturbance in the township, and Baclcock was severely knocked about in the fight. He was able subsequently to make his way to his whare, where lie was found in a deplorable state, all his teeth having l>een knocked out. his jaw broken and a piece of the jaw bone smashed off. Three men have been arrested and remanded for eight days.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10782, 2 June 1911, Page 2
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122AFFRAY IN THE BACKBLOCKS. Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10782, 2 June 1911, Page 2
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