COUPLE'S LAST "FLING."
Sentenced by default to 15 days' imprisonment, a (.yens contractor named Dorat, with his wile, took all their savings, £l2O. and went oil' lor a tour in Switzerland i'Yaneo and the North of Italy. | They .arrived at Lanslebourg, in Savoy', with only half-a-erown in their possession and put up an hotel. Ne\t morning M. Dorat spread a rug on the floor, made his wife sit down beside him and fired a revolver at. her bead, killing her. Ho then shot himself, but only inflicted slight injuries. Questioned later. M. Dorat said he and his wifo had agreed to put an end to ..their lives. A slip of pa]>or \y--w found on which Mine. Dorat had written : "I voluntarily consent to my death at the hands of husband." M. Dorat v.-as arrested. Men's All-wool Pant- and Singlets, slightly damaged, mill rejects, bargain nriccs. Call early.—ll. and J. Smith, Drapers, Gore.
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Mataura Ensign, 27 September 1913, Page 2
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152COUPLE'S LAST "FLING." Mataura Ensign, 27 September 1913, Page 2
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