MAORI TRAGEDY
MAN ATTACKS HIS WIFE.
AFTERWARDS COMMITS SUICIDE,
WOMAN'S ARM BROKEN. .- ' ; ~Z ■'-">*" (Per Press Association). WANGANUI, This Day. '■ A Maori named* Korika, of Koriniti, Wanganui River, attacked his - wife with a piece of wood last night,, and then cut his own i throat. The man died, but the woman survived, bust taining a broken arm and bruises. She was brought to the Wanganui Hospital. Koriniti is about 40 miles fro;n Wanganui, situated in rough country. Deceased is stated to have been ing with a company making a Maori moving picture.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 51, Issue 261, 18 August 1931, Page 5
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