MARTHA TAINUI'S WAYS.
DAZZLES TAIHAPE BUSINESS MEN. [Per Press Association.] TAIHAPE, March 16. A sensation was created here yesterday half-caste woman, who had posed as the possessor of untold wealth, was arrested after being identified as Martha Tainui, an habitual criminal who had been released in October on a license. The woman had a very insinuating manner, and completely dazzled business men with her alleged wealth. She claimed to be a "daughter of Colonel Macdonald, presumably meaning Colonel M'Donnell. She was driven about by land agents, entertained them and others, and talked of giving large benefactions for public objects in the town. When they searched her lodgings the police found that she possessed only one penny. She was charged with false pretences this morning and remanded till to-morrow.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10104, 16 March 1911, Page 3
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