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Hokitika Guardian, 3 January 1923, Page 2

MAOTM TUAfIKDY. wi'i.i.ixcto.v. .j iiiiiiiiiv a. Full! Mnilin, ii Maori labourer 1 i i111_; uni miles from \\aipawa, seriously injured his wife with a hammer then killed himself with ji. shotgun. ITe was . ii nd his wife Linda, is a young woman. A half caste told him lie intended to take Tiis wife away from him in the prescii-c of some friends, fie pleaded with her not to leave him, hut the woman was determined. Wn ilia followed her from room to r om and presently was seen striking her with a hammer, She fell and tile man procured a gun which he pointed at the others threatening to shoot them if they interfered, fie then fired on himself hut the shot was ineffective. He got on his feet and inserted a fresh cartridge and blew his brains out. The woman's skull is fractured and fingers broken. She was taken to the same hospital where the wife of the man she intended to elone with, is lying ill.

Doctors recommend Oat malt Stout, brewed by the Dion Brewery Coy., Auckland. bottled in crown top. Bottles in quarts and pints especially for Mark Sprot and Co. I.td. On sale at all lending hotels, am- of which will supply small bottes for home consumption at one shilling per bottle. Dion ale, too, ij par excellepce light and refreshing—.Advf