TERRIBLE LONELINESS
NEW ZEALAND WOMAN FOUND DEAD HUSBAND HAD NOT RETURNED. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) SYDNEY, June 26. (Received June 26, 8.40 p.m.). Mrs Audrey Tonks, a recent arrival from New Zealand, was found dead in a flat at Coogee with her head inside a stove and the gas turned on. It is also believed she had previously taken a strong dose of poison. She left a letter stating that her loneliness was unbearable. It has been ascertained that her husband went away last Thursday, while Mrs Tonks was out, and left a note saying he would return in two days, but he did not. The deceased was much depressed.
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Southland Times, Issue 19281, 27 June 1924, Page 5
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114TERRIBLE LONELINESS Southland Times, Issue 19281, 27 June 1924, Page 5
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