MAORI TRAGEDY.
Auckland, Aug. 17. Further details of the Oramahoe tragedy were telegraphed to-day by a Herald reporter. Apparently Humaera Haratu, an old Maori aged sixty v years, lived alone with a stepsister, Mary Ann Takimoana, aged seventy, in an isolated wharc on the hillside. The old couple were drinking tea prior to retiring on Thursday night, when they heard heavy steps descending the hill approaching the entrance to the whare. The stranger called out “Kin Ora,” and Iliumera went out and invited him to have a cup of tea. The reply was a Indict in the left arm, probably from a revolver. He turned back into the whare to obtain something with which to defend himself. In the meantime, the woman had come to the door to see what was the matter, and was shot twice, once thi’ough the ''The assailant then fired on Humaera again, wounding him in the breast and left am., The night was very dark, and the assailant disappeared quietly in the darkness.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2017, 19 August 1919, Page 3
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168MAORI TRAGEDY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2017, 19 August 1919, Page 3
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