Suicide of a Maroi Chief
[PEB PNITBD PBRSR ASSOCIATION.} ' -■■'■ Hokitika, October 19. Tatnui, a Maori vhi-f, committed suicide at A rah lira thi* morning at 3 o'clock. He bad wrikten two letters, one iinting that the act van taken throiiKh his misdeed*,, and the other a farewell to his wife,, children, and .grandchildren. . It seems that the poor fellow gare a lease of BomV (jU'irry )nnd at Grey mouth illegally, which nhbuld hare been given by the Public Trustee. He magnified the consequences of the act, and that pressing on hiir mind, urged him to commit the^f a,tal dfeedv
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Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 56, 20 October 1885, Page 2
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99Suicide of a Maroi Chief Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 56, 20 October 1885, Page 2
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