WOMAN FOUND DROWNED
IBy Telegraph—Press Association.)
ROTORUA, July 5.
As a result of a search conducted yes* terday, the body of Mrs. Sarah Isobel Mcßoberts, widow, aged 46 years, Mt. Eden, Auckland, was found by two young Maoris in a trout pool near Okere Falls.
Mrs. Mcßoberts, who was spending a holiday in the Rotorua district, living at Okere Falls with relatives, disappeared on Tuesday morning. As she was reported to be in a depressed state of mind after an illness, from which she was recuperating, anxiety was felt for her safety, and search parties were sent out.
An inquest was opened before the deputy-Coroner, Mr. A. G. Holland, and a jury. Miss E. Martin, who accompanied Mrs. Mcßoberts on a holiday, said that the deceased had been in a depressed state of mind as the result of an illness, from which she considered she was not making a satisfactory recovery.
The jury returned a verdict of acci» dental death.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 5, 6 July 1939, Page 22
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