A chapter of misfortunes is recounted by .an Auckland business man. TTis brother has just written him from India narrating the following sad story:— He and his companion were both seised with fever or kindred maladies at the some time, the friend succumbing. The bride-elect of the sick man arrived in India., and two days later was operated upon for appendicitis, dying after being put under the anfl&sthetic. Two days more, and the bereaved man received a cable asking him to inform his bride that her sister in Australia had been thrown off a horse and killed instantaneously. His cup was finally filled when lie received word that his mother had died. His friend, his sweetheart, and his mother all died with his name on their lips.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16542, 28 September 1921, Page 8
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