INJURY TO A BOXER
KNOCKED DOWN BY MOTOR CAR. ACCIDENT ON SATURDAY NIGHT. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Oct. 15. Archie Hughes, a former New Zealand lightweight boxing champion, was knocked down by a motor-car when returning from a social late on Saturday night. The motorist did not stop. The cries of the injured man attracted attention, and he was taken by ambulance to hospital. Later he returned to Freeman’s Bay Hotel, where he lives. His condition is satisfactory though he will be unable to meet the present holder, C. Rayner in a lightweight championship contest arranged for October 27 at Blenheim,
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 October 1934, Page 4
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