A HERMIT CAVE-WOMAN
Strange story from Auckland (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Auckland, October 8. A strange story is told by a woman who was taken into custody •by the police on a charge of vagrancy. She is a single woman, 32 years of oge, and has relatives in Wellington. She states that she came to Auckland to visit the Exhibition and stayed in a bbardinghouse until she had spent her money. Then she took shelter* in the Domain, where she had been living in a burrow lined with a remarkable collection 'of dishes and other vessels, which, with rags of clothing, afforded evidences of a prolonged stay. She remained in hiding during the day time and foraged for food at night. .Apparently she has had some education' and does not display any sign of mental weakness.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2276, 9 October 1914, Page 6
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135A HERMIT CAVE-WOMAN Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2276, 9 October 1914, Page 6
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