WOMAN’S BODY FOUND
(By Telegraph—Press Association' HASTINGS, 16th February. The discovery of a very much decomposed female body was made this 'norning in a creek near the junction ,of the Onepu and Raukawa roads, about twenty miles south of Hastings. The police and a doctor are at present on the spot conducting investigations. It is impossible to say yet whether there are grounds for suspicion of foul play, or whether it is the body of a Maori woman or a pakelui. However, it is believed to be that of a Maori woman. The police state that none of the stations in this district have received any report that a woman is missing.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 16 February 1935, Page 12
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112WOMAN’S BODY FOUND Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 16 February 1935, Page 12
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