STARVATION.
DEATH OF OLD WIDOW. M!SERLY~~HABITS. (by TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.': CHRISTCHURCH, June 20. When Sergeant McKenzie, of Sydenham, visited 33 Montreal Street yesterday, where a storekeeper had found the dead body of a 70-year-old widow, Mrs Elizabeth Hunsley, he found a filthy and untidy house. The only food he could discover was a. dirty crust of bread and some butter. He also found almost £lO in cash r.nd a. bank book, showing a credit of about- £I2OO. At. the inquest held to-day before Mr Widdowson, S.M., a verdict was returned that the woman had been found dead, the cause of death being heart failure, following exhaustion accelerated by starvation..
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 21 June 1924, Page 5
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109STARVATION. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 21 June 1924, Page 5
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