GIRL IN DOMAIN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 11, 14 January 1936, Page 6

GIRL IN DOMAIN

SUFFERED TWO ASSAULTS INCIDENTS AT AUCKLAND THREE MLN INVULI EL) [ Per I’tasa Association, j AUCKLAND, Jan. .13. 1 " ice assaulted by men within half . .in hun v.-iitu waiKiug in the A, ; m«in in broad daylignt un Saturuuy ; cxening. a young woman, 25 years ui | age, suitered severe bruises tu iicr arms an.j lace. About twelve months agu the young v.uinaa, for health reasons, | came tv Auckland and had been ivsid- ' i»g in the city since. Her stay in Auckland wa.: tu end to-day. She had packed up ready to leave uy the ex i i’tv.-a fur the south this evening. j A few minutes before 5 o’ciuck on i Saturday evening she left the buard- | inghuuse where she was staying with i the intention uf taking a picture of the War Memorial Museum. She was uppiuaclitiig the entrance to the -Domain Drive fium Stanley Street when rhe was accosted by a young man who remarked; ‘‘What about taking my photo? 7 ’ The girl made no reply, but walked | c.i. .Sue had nut proceeded far when I she noticed a man in a brown suit following her, but after entering the drive he disappeared into the uush. , The girl walked on and had just [ lul led vne uf the many winding bends when two youths, considered by the i girl to be under the influence uf Liquor, came down tue drive. One ' caught her by the arm and threw her I dovvn on a bank. She immediately got : up. only to be struck a blow on tae ’ face and knocked down again. Her .creams for help brought uu assistance and the youths cleared oil. .Somewhat dazed, she pulled herself together and proceeded semi-consciuusly up the drive. Hearing footsteps behind her, she turned ami caw a man in a brown suit approaching from behind. When he asked her what was the matter she ex* plained. He offered to escort her Home. They started to walk up the drive, but had only gone about IVO yards when he caught held ut her and ' thiew her v i a grass bank. .She struggled aiil struck him with the < amcra, while he struck her blows on! the face, one blow in the eye causing ' inuca cwelling. Fur the second lime within half an I I hour she cried out for assistance, but j none came until after her assailant had made oil into the bush. A few minutes later two women came down the drive and Constable Collins' arrived. The girl's description of her assailant in the second instance is a mau of about 28 years of age. wearI ing a light blown suit with hat to match, while sandshoes, and of slight build.