SHOCKING TRAGEDY
FATHER KILLS SON. TiIKN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. ( hy telegraph—per press associationJ "DARGAVILLE, Jan. 17. j. A fearful murder and attempted sui- v cide occurred at Marohemo, near Maun- j gaturoto, yesterday morning, at eight -| o’clock. William Raiilin Needham, aged ;| IS, was busy separating cream, when an altercation took place with his Father. Thomas Needham, aged 65. The lather picked up a broom and knocked the son down and belaboured him with the > broom til! lie was killed. The.body .was , frightfully knocked about. When the , father realised the position, be cub bis ■ own throat with a knife, hilt this pn.v- ( ing ineffectual, he .secured a rope to ( bang himself, but was too weak to carry his plan into effect. Constable Hoag was promptly on the scene and had Needham senr. removed to Papnroa Hospital. The wound is not likely to prove fatal.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 January 1921, Page 3
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142SHOCKING TRAGEDY Hokitika Guardian, 17 January 1921, Page 3
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