WOMAN FOUND DEAD.
UFELONG RESIDENT OF GTAHUHU. An old resident of Otahuhu, Mise Elizabeth Arthurs, aged 82. who lived alone in Church Street, Otahuhu, was found dead in her home yesterday. The discovery wa« made by Mrs. Hotham, a niece, who became alarmed when Mies Arthurs failed to answer her calls. Through a window she saw her aunt i lyin? fully clothed on the floor She communicated with the police, who found the house locked and forced an entry. I Mi?e Arthurs was last seen about on Saturday morning, and it is surmised that she was lying down read-ng when she had the fatal seizure. Her spectacles were still on her nose. The aetini: city coroner. Mr. W. R. McKean. S.M. has decided that no inquest will be necessary, as death was due to natural cause*. . IC -- Mis* Arthurs, who was born m IN>\ I in a hoive on the same section occupiel : bv her late home, had lived all her lifo I iii Otahuhu.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 82, 8 April 1937, Page 5
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