HE DID NOT KNOW

Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2540, 3 October 1931, Page 8

HE DID NOT KNOW

THAT lIK SHOULD T£LL TillPOLICE BUI' TJ |.KR|S WAS NOTHING SUSPICIOUS (Per Fre3s Association). Stratford, Oct. > Ignorance < n the part of a Maori named N ura Xui as to the law noi.fying the police of the sudden death of his wife led to the police not being advised until 24 hours later, although word had been sent to the relatives. The woman was Hira Nui, who died suddenly at Ngatimaru. on Wednesday. The Rev. Mr Hamilton railed at the house on Thursday and then notified the police. At the inquest i was shown that deceased and her hi!-band lived happily together and the lack of notification was due to ignorance. After hearing- the evidence the Coroner returned a verdict of death ir#m .natural causes.