A DISAPPOINTED MAORI.
SHOOTS HIMSELF DEAD
(Per Press Association.)
WHAKATANE, this day
A native named Joe Mahaki, aged 21, was foundl dead l on Saturday afternoon at Waikerikeri, beyond Ruatoki, with a gunshot wound in tho chest. The deceased had been living with a native girl for about a- week, and it preyed on his\mind when the stepfather took the girl away last Friday. , Hearing on Saturday that the girl had married another Maori, deceased obtained a gun from his uncle’s house and shot himself. At the inquest yesterday, the coroner returned a verdict that deceased died ffOm - a 6elf~inflicted* gunshot wound.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16662, 16 February 1925, Page 5
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102A DISAPPOINTED MAORI. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16662, 16 February 1925, Page 5
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