The wheeled chair is greatly missed in Aratapu. People had got so used to seeing “ Granny ” sitting in Bride-street that the place now seems quite lonely without her. Mrs Houlihan had been a resident of Aratapu for fully twenty years, being one of toe first of the workmen’s wives to reside on the mill property. She was always willing to help her neighbours and as th; settlement advanced she proved herself a valuable help in sickness to many of those around her. About five years ago she met with an accident and fractured her ankle at the turntable near the old mill, soon after which she became paralysed and was not afterwards able to walk. Some friends furnished her wiih a wheeled chair and she afterwards spent nearly all her days in the open air. The deceased had nine or ten children jbut only one-eurvivus her,
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Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 191, 30 March 1893, Page 2
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