HUSBAND CHARGES WIFE

Taranaki Daily News, 1 October 1929, Page 9

HUSBAND CHARGES WIFE

BOTH TAKEN TO HOSPITAL. STORY RELATED BY. NEIGHBOUR. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Sept. 30. Alleging that he had been attacked / by his wife with a razor, G. E. St. George, aged 40, a postal official living at .25 Melrose Street, was admitted to the hospital early this morning suffering from fairly severe wounds in the face, neck and arms. Subsequently Mrs. St. George was also taken to the hospital suffering from similar wounds. Both are making progress. A neighbour was aroused by a knocking at 1.30 a.m. and found St. Georgfe on his doorstep clad in pyjamas with blood streaming from wounds in his face, neck and arms. He asked that the police be sent for, alleging that his wife had attacked him with a razor after a domestic quarrel. The neighbour then investigated and found Mrs.' St. George also suffering from minor wounds. The police were sent for and the couple taken to the hospital. The woman was discharged from the hospital only on Sunday morning after treatment for illness. There is one child, a boy of six. Neighbours state that relations between the two have been strained for some time.