GAOL FOR LIFE
SHOT SOME OF FAMILY (Received November 6, 1 p.m.) BRISBANE, November 6. George Fountuihe, who, as a result of domestic trouble, fatally shot several members of his family at Bundaberg, was sentenced to imprisonment for life, with hard labor. George Foufitaihe, 26, a farmer, shot his* wife and two daughters, and las father-in-law. H. Grabame. A friend, J. Christensen, going to their assistance, was also shot. Fonntaine then walked u-p the main street, displaying the revolver, and was arrested.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17184, 6 November 1926, Page 6
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82GAOL FOR LIFE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LII, Issue 17184, 6 November 1926, Page 6
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