Strange Affair In Sydney Suburb
f SYDNEY, March 13. t • t 4 The remains of an elderly wo- ? i man who had been dead for some | | months were found today in the t | suburb of Belmore, in the house ? f where the dead woman’s four • | daughters were living. | 4 ' i f The discovery followed a visit • | by a minister, who. when he | | asked one of the daughters how t f her mother was, received the re- • • i • ply that she had died in Novem- i I ber - i i The police were notified, and | ? the body was found lying- in a | ? bed neatly covered with blankets. 4 f | | One of the daughters told the ? | police it was the will of God that 4 i her mother should not be buried. | T ? ? The four daughters were re- | | moved to a reception house. | | The police stated that it was the | t most pathetic case of religious • 4 mania that had come un'der their | • notice for many years. i t t
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Northern Advocate, 14 March 1939, Page 7
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