FATE OF MISS HARE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23206, 28 November 1938, Page 11

FATE OF MISS HARE

FALL FROM SYDNEY HOTEL SEARCH IN THE AWATEA LUGGAGE FOUND ON BOARD (Received November 27, 5.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 27 The police obtained identification of the body of Miss Muriel Hare, who was killed through falling from a fourth floor window at the Hotel Australia, from her relatives, who residejut Roz-

elle, a suburb of Sydney. Miss Hare't handbag contained a sum of money and the return half of a steamer ticket to Dunedin. Speaking on the radiophone from the liner Awatea, Captain Davey said that men had been searching the ship for Miss Hare, whose luggage was on board. He added that when Miss ■ Hare came to Sydney in the Awatea on November 4 she was most cheerful. ~ - - 5 Before Miss Hare became a masseuse she was a school teacher and was widely known throughout Otago during the . infantile paralysis epidemic, says a Press Association message from Dunedin. She did a vast amount of voluntary work among children, and in that and other ways earned the admiration of the citizens. Miss Hare received her training at the Otago School of Massage, and waa recognised as one of the leading masseuses in Dunedin, where her mother and two sisters reside.