A BRUTAL ASSAULT.
[PER PIiKSB ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, September 3. A wharf labourer uaiued J, Holmes, a married man, was the victim of a particularly savage ttssiult tliii jng. lie went into the Panama Hotel] with a frieml, both being aomewliajfl under the influence of liquor at thfl time, and a dispute oacurrod over thfl payment for drinks with another mani whose name is at present uifciowilj On going outside this man knocked Holmes' legs from under him and kicked him savagely in various puts of the body, finishing up with a blow which gashed his skull badly and reduced him to unconsciously, The assailant escaped in the darkness. *
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 193, 4 September 1900, Page 2
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108A BRUTAL ASSAULT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 193, 4 September 1900, Page 2
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