SHOT WHILE SITTING WITH WIFE
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SUNDAY EVENING TRAGBDY
By Telegrayh-
..... AUCKLAND, July 14. . - Wiiie sitting with. e iii kome . at thiB 'evening)' a riBcentiytman!iM^a^^^^ot by aft unknowS " assailSAf before reaching hospital. The victim- was Sydney John Peachey, aged 24, ..ffench polisher, etiaployed by the Farmers' Trading compafty in Whangarei. At ahout five minutes to seven Mr. and Mrs. Peachey were sitting in the living room of their house with the windows closed but blinds not drawn, when a small calibre rifle shot smashed through the window and fetttered the man's chest. Medical aid was summoned but Mr. Peachey died half ah bour later while being taken to Whangarei Hospital. The police can find no apparent motive for the erihie.
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 July 1946, Page 4
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121SHOT WHILE SITTING WITH WIFE Chronicle (Levin), 15 July 1946, Page 4
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