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AMY BOCK.

• I'LAYED 150Y PARTS VERY V.ART.V-: IBT TBLEQEIPn.—SPBCIA.L COftRfcSI'dHDKNT-l« AUcklantl, May 8. . . The scene of the geriesii' of the career : .df Amy Bock was Jn ; tlio'.township.- of Sale, Gippsliind, VictDria,'where.she ;first p#'the light.of day 49 years ago. According to Mr. J. C. Brydiitj who via a schoolmate bf Amy's' in that township (Sir,. Bryant's father was matter of the State school at that time), the girl at school rns clijver hiid popular,- her :somowhat- reserved manlier with her gfrl 'friends, boingcountor-balanced, by her fondjness for hoy .cMnjiinions. '. She, was not bold or boisterous in aiiy senso; it Was jiist a questibii of temporairibrit. As she jjroiV older she becamo.an B~<vomplished pianist and began teaching music .when still a girl.. She oxcolled as a horsewoman when in her early teens, and' with her brother rods to the hounds.: A number of riding prizes wore also secured by hor at agricultural shows. Th'eii hbr father, ; with* Jier assiatiiheb, organised many entertainments for charity, and at thorn Ativy. ; ifaado horadlf famous by tho clover manner ih which sho took boy parts in character plays. - : tier mother was of weak intellect, and suffered from tlin delusion that sho was "Lady Macboth)!' and would stand at thogato leading to their homo with a carving ktiifo in : het blind, making all kiitds'tif assertions lis to her liigh position. ; Amy would always .hurry hor mother -indoors! ,iind appeared to have ereat power over hor. Mr. Bryant says lib believes Mrs. Bock whs afterwards cbiiiI riilttoil to a mental hospital.

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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 504, 11 May 1909, Page 9

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AMY BOCK. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 504, 11 May 1909, Page 9

AMY BOCK. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 504, 11 May 1909, Page 9

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