Tragedy at New Plymouth.
[Per Press Association.] New Plymouth, May 15. News is to hand ot a tragedy at Mahoe tahi. A Maori woman has been found in a hut about half a mile from the pah, with her head smashed in. An axe was found alongside the body. It is presumed that a Maori named Ben first killed his wife, then went to the pah and killed his daughter, and set fire to the whare, and then shot himself. An inquest will be held. Jealously is supposed to be the cause. Mahoetahi Pah is near Waitara, on the banks of the Waitara River, and about 10 miles from New Plymouth.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 268, 16 May 1895, Page 2
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