COUPLE FOUND DEAD
Rifle By Man’s Body
(New Zealand. Press Association) AUCKLAND, Nov. T 3.
A man and his wife were found dead in their farmhouse at Te Poi. near Matamata, about 1 p.m. today. Both had been shot. There was a .22 rifle under the man’s body. They were; Terence Mai ven Archer, aged 35;
and Merle Mary Archer, aged 32. Their three children, aged seven, nine and 11, were at school at the time.
The police believe a quarrel broke out when the couple were at lunch. Mrs Archer’s father, Mr George Lloyd, who lives with the family, found his daughter’s body in the kitchen, and his son-in-law's body in a bedroom.
The' couple were sharemilkers for Mr J. C. Dudson, of Te Poi.
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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28434, 14 November 1957, Page 14
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