FAMILY TRAGEDIES
woman found dead Rlt CENT BER EAVEMENTS The body of a woman was found by two ehildrht) in 4t't. of water near the Canoe Club’s shed al ihe Hamilton Lake on Saturday, death having apparently taken place the day befotv. The 'body \r,as later identified as tliar of Mrs Martha ITntitinh MeE.ty, GB, a Widow, livifig at Morrinsville, Mrs Mclvay left Morrinsville on Friday morning and visited Hamilton. ■She had luiic-h with her brother at Frankton, and when she left him she .said she Would be returning to Merlin Sville in the afternoon. Mrs McKay had suffered two 'bereavements within a fortnight, her husband, Mr Hivhiel Archibald McKay, dying suddenly on August 24. and a. son being drowned at Wniheke. An inquest Was opened and adjourned.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18499, 11 September 1934, Page 5
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128FAMILY TRAGEDIES Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18499, 11 September 1934, Page 5
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