INDIAN MURDERED
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Ma&r'i Labourer Arrested And Charged ,
AUCKLAND, April 19. . ! Ari Indian hawker was stabbed to de'atli whif£ gctttidfihg bdtUe& in a . WdsH-MuSe in Nelson • sLre'at- aberat 9.30 a.nl; today. The yietifn was • Govind Ranehho'd, aged about 58, ■■ Who lived a fe.w dodr^ aWa^. • _ v A Maofi Idbdurer Ras bdeh ar- . rested and chargdd with tne murder. • . . . The house where the murder o.c- • cufre'd is at 129A Ne'gon Stfeet. It ; a slftglfe ' Ator-ey iadihg stfget, with the lower storeyed ; rooms at the re.ar. .. It is nb't yet deflnitely.,khown who • were the o.cQUpants pf the hou§§ : the time of the erime, but it U . said that a Mabfi woirtaii §hd & : whjt'e rhah fiad bee'ri liVing' tftefe'.The iriari charged With theiiiifr- t der o'f tlie Iiidian is alldged fb have' ; been a previous assbeiate of the , wohian. It is be'Iife'ved thai he -went • there early" this mbrmng; wi'th thd 5 inteiitibn of seeing- he'r, entering by a window.near the" washhoUsg, •• be^w a tedroom. Whi-e' Waiting below the hotise >; thd Indian made ohe. of his regu'au; c'stlls to eblleet bottles.- Tt .is %1lege'd that aeeused ;spoke, to_ the .., hawker and ksk-ed him if he. knew , where the woman waV.ahh |h§,t • the indian gave . jio sati^fdctidh, • iwhereupon the Maofi khd'dk niiri ' It is further alieged that Rariehhod picked un.a bo'tle and threw ; it at the Maori and misse'd hirn;. the ; ko+.tle striking the wai1 and breaking. • ... i .'llliM,:
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 April 1949, Page 5
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237INDIAN MURDERED Chronicle (Levin), 19 April 1949, Page 5
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