Charred Bodies in Burned Homestead
_ MAORIS TELL POLICE BACK COUNTRY TRAGEDY Press Association FOXTON, Today. Word was received by the police at about one o'clock this afternoon from some Maoris that a farmhouse had been destroyed back from the road between Motuiti and Rangiotu and that the charred bodies of the inmates had been discovered. The house is owned by Mr. Westlake and the occupants were Mr. and Mrs. Wright and their two children. It is feared that all were burned. The police have left to investigate. ON OTHER PAGES SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 7 Pag* Shipping 2 General News 6, 11, 16, 29 and 32 New Zealand Industries 7 Leading and Special Articles .. 8 “Citizens Say" g Watch Tower ** g British and Foreign News .. .. 9 Finance and Markets 10 Turf 12 and 13 Round the Shows .. .. 14, 15 and 16 Tongariro National Park (feature) 17 Magazine Features 18 and 19 A Jest or Two .. 19 Social News 20, 21, 22 and 23 Stageland 24 Picture Plays and Players .. 25 On the Land 27 Garden and Poultry .. .. .. 30 I Children's Page .. .. •• •• .. .. 31 l Illustrations •• «• •• •• 32
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 762, 7 September 1929, Page 1
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183Charred Bodies in Burned Homestead Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 762, 7 September 1929, Page 1
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