Murder at Christchurch.
Christchubch, April 28. A girl named Alice Mawcock, sixteen years of age, whose parents live near Amberley, was murdered to-day. She went to tbe township in the morning for letters and parcels, and as she did not return a search party was organised, and her body found concealed under a heap of gorse in a plantation. Her throat was cut from ear to ear. A man was seen on the road about the time the murder must have been committed. The police tbiuk they have a clue.
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Opunake Times, Volume VI, Issue 276, 30 April 1897, Page 2
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90Murder at Christchurch. Opunake Times, Volume VI, Issue 276, 30 April 1897, Page 2
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