REUNION DENIED.
INTERVENTION BY DEATH. SYDNEY, June 3. Overcome with joy at the prospect of a reunion with her brother after 35 years, Mrs Mary Gregory, the elderly wife of Mr Alfred Gregory, of Hillsboro, Auckland, collapsed and died while the Monowai was coming to her berth at Sydney this afternoon. The brother, Mr W. Queripel, of Rozelle, heard the tragic news immediately he boarded the Monowai, and was extremely distressed. He explained that he liad recently rediscovered his sister by. means of a vaguely-ad-dressed card sent by the Jubilee air mail, upon which his sister decided to come to Australia to visit hifii. MT. ROSKILL RESIDENT. LINKED BY CORRESPONDENCE. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, June 3. Mrs Gregory, who lived with her husband at Mt. Roskill. last saw her brother 35 years ago when he visited Auckland. Mr Gregory said to-night that, although his wife had not seen her brother for such a long time, they had maintained correspondence and she had decided eventually to make the trip to Sydney to see him again.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 158, 4 June 1935, Page 7
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174REUNION DENIED. Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 158, 4 June 1935, Page 7
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