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\ K Per Press AjpsoSmtiop - " r -a u, ' :N EEBON , > June 26. ' Considerable excitement was caused at CollingwQod last night by the arrest of a miner named John Martin, of Golden » ,-ttKige, mi peculiar* and" somewhat pathetic circumstances. • Martin, who is thirtv-five years of age r married, • a year and six months ago, a Nelson, girl named Robb; and lived happily with' her. The girl came to Collingwood-to be confined, and gave birth to a child. On Sunday she died of hemmorhaeeJ ? Yesterday* tMartin" came from Golden Ridge to see his wife, but on the arrival of the-->Nelson% steamer,' was arrested on a charge of wife desertion ■, he being alleged to have -a- wife and three children at Waihi. Martin, whose unassuming manner had won the'_respect of all, was much affected. The mother and sisters of the dead girl arrived- by the same steamer as the arresting constable, and are greatly prostrated by the develop-
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 13012, 27 June 1906, Page 5
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156ALLEGED BIGAMY Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 13012, 27 June 1906, Page 5
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