WANTED A NEW COAT
SUICIDE OF MAORI GIRL. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND. April 29. A Maori girl, Maata Tipene. aged 15, hanged herself at Mangamuka. near Rawene. She had joined a concert party, and had asked her father for a new coat, which he refused, being out of work. The girl became sullen, and refused to speak She plaited a rope of flax, and banged herself with it. The jury found a verdict of suicide.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19260430.2.17
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12434, 30 April 1926, Page 3
Word Count
75WANTED A NEW COAT New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12434, 30 April 1926, Page 3
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.