TIRED OF EXISTENCE.
A-WOMAN'S SUICIDE
UNBEARABLE LONELINESS,
(Received 9 a.m.)
SYDNEY, This Day. v i Mrs Audrey Tonks, a recent arrival from New Zealand, was found dead in a flat at Coogee with her head inside the stove and the gas turned on. It is also believed that she had previously taken a strong dose of poison. She left a letter stating that , her lonliness was unbearable. It has been ascertained that her husband went away on Thursday while Mrs Tonks was out. He left a note saying: "I will return in two days," but he did not come back. The deceased was much depressed.—A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 27 June 1924, Page 5
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