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Greymouth Evening Star, 25 July 1923, Page 6

Au old Indian couple, Mulla and his wife Kashi, lived happily enough m tiie Indian settlement of V'aroka, near Ba on the north coast of the island ol Viti Levu. The poor old woman was a crippled invalid and could only hobble round with the aid of a stick Mulla*’ was a peculiar man, and rumoured to be subject to delusions. But no one dreamed of a tragedy. One day shortly after 1 o’clock in front of their hut, and in full view of several neighbours Mulla came over to where Kashi was sitting in the sun, warming her old limbs, and accused her of having been unfaithful. The charge was absurd, but Mulla was in earnest, and pressing the charge sudenly went berserk and pulling out a cane knife he had hidden under his shirt he slashed at the woman, hitting her on the neck two or three times and cutting her to the collarbone. The woman fell bleeding badly and before help could be obtained was dead. Mulla was seized and later handed over to the police. He willbe declared to be insane.