Telegraphic.
Determined to Die, Auckland, Saturday. An old man named Peter O'Dowd, residing at Mount Bosltill road, attempted suicide yesterday by swallowing laudanum, after which he chewed the heads of matches. He is recovering. Death of a Famous Native Chief. Napier, Saturday. Rer.ata Kawepo, the last of the great chiefs of liawkes Bay, died at Omahu this morning. Deceased was a staunch friend of the Europeans during the Maori War, and furnished, and led a contingent against To ICooti. He was universally esteemed, His death will convert the great political gathering to beheld next weolc into a angi.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2873, 14 April 1888, Page 2
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98Telegraphic. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2873, 14 April 1888, Page 2
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