ATTACKED IN STREET
WOMAN AT WHANG AREI An attack upon a young woman was made in Wliangarei on Saturday ing'Mrs Iris Snow, wife of Mr A. N. 11. Snow, of Powhiri avenue, W'luuigaroi, was wheeling a perambulator containing her two .-hildreir along Wrack street, when she heard a man’s footsteps behind her. The street at this point was dark, hut not being of a nervous disposition Mrs Snow did not Ik come alarmed. The man, however, caught her from behind and knocked her down. The man then snatched Airs Snow’s handbag, which was in the 'perambulator, but finding no money he discarded P nearby. Residents in the street were attracted by the screams of Mrs Snow, and her children, and came to their assistance. The man by this time 'had disappeared.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18203, 26 September 1933, Page 5
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