A NATIVE WOMAN'S DEATH.
BODY EXTIUMED FOR EXAMINATION Napier, Nov. 5. _ A strange case is occupying the attention of the Napier police at the present time, anil until to-morrow, when an inquest is to he held, it is impossible to say what will he the outcome of their investigations. On August 12 a Native woman died, and she. was buried three days later. She is said to have been ill for a week, more or less, prior to her death, but no doctor attended her, and her..death was not at that time registered. Owing to rumors that the deceased had been seen in a hmised state prior to her death the facts were submitted to the Minister of Internal Affairs, who ordered the body to be.exhumed for the purpose of medical examination. This was done by Detective-Sergeant Ward and a party of police, the'body being taken up on Friday last, and subjected to medical examination by Dr. Johnston. As a result of these proceedings an inquest is to be held to-morrow morning.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 November 1917, Page 8
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172A NATIVE WOMAN'S DEATH. Taranaki Daily News, 8 November 1917, Page 8
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