TELEGRAMS.
TRAGEDY AT * T\UMARUNUI,
HALF-dAjSTERSI AWFUL DEED
MURDEiLI AND SUICIDE.
(?ei United Frees A&sociatioh.j
AUGK'LAND, May 1
The Star's Taumarunui corvesppnd- ' eat telegraphs that an awful easn of ' murder and suicidb occurred a>t midday yesterday on ■•the banks of' the river 150 yards from the boat landing, j \ A young half-caste Maori named Tsarina Dell is suh^osod to havennirtered Anna Tliomas, who was also a half-caste, by cutting her' thijoat with a razor. He theii out his own throat with another razor.
The tragedy v.-as witnessed by M,r Harris, who promptly secured the assistance of the local doctor -,->■' tlie policfe. The ibodies were conveyed to the morgue. ,
The tragedy is aifctributeid' to jealousy. Bell ■and the wtoman had.teen kfeepir-g Company
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Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10354, 1 May 1911, Page 2
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120TELEGRAMS. Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10354, 1 May 1911, Page 2
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