WOMAN LIVING IN A BURROW.
[United Press Association.]
Auckland, Oct. 8. A strange story is*told'by a woman who h was taken into custody, by the police on a charge of vagrancy. She is "a sin<i;lo woman,. 32 years, of'ago,' and has relatives in Wellington. She states that she came to Auckland to visit the Exhibition, and stayed in a boardinghouse until she spent her money. Then she took shelter in the Domain, where "she*has been living, in a burrow fined with, a remarkable collection of dishes and iother vessels, which, with rags of clothing, afforded evidence of a prolonged stay.. She remaining in hiding during,the day, and foraged for food at night. She apparently, has some education, and .-does".not-.;display any sign of mental weakness. •
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Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13595, 9 October 1914, Page 7
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124WOMAN LIVING IN A BURROW. Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13595, 9 October 1914, Page 7
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