The death of Mr. George Miller, exgeneral manager of tho Bank of New South Wales at Sydney, recalls an oldtime tragedy. Many years ago the deceased's brother was the manager of the same bank in Wellington. lie was a familiar figure in the streets, and was usually accompanied by his two sons, the three always walking arm-in-arm. One day the hither was detained at home by a slight illness, and the elder son, who was working in a foundry, came home with an injured hand. Being overcome with ,i sudden dementia, the youth shot his father and mother dead, and after fruitlessly chasing a, servant girl round the yard with a bread-knife, cut his throat with the implement, and succumbed to the injury.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13699, 16 March 1908, Page 6
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