Sudden Death.
AN OLD IDENTITY. •-■ £ Auckland Herald J..' Fok the last few weeks a man called Willian Hayes, , commonly known; as! Billy Howhow or Mowmow, an old gum , digger, generally liying with the Maoris bad been assisting about Mr.. Swan's Hotel/ at Gumtown. He was m a' delicate state of health, half hia time unable to work.. On Friday, the 12th inst., he got a couple of men to pull: him m a boaMbwn the river, hoping to; get 89016/! medicine or advice... After proceeding 1 a conple of miles, he said, tf ( for Good's sake pull, boys, pull,".and turned on his knees. .The men thought: he was sleeping, but m a few minutes 'turrie'd and' looked 1 at him, when they found he was dead. They immediately returned to 'Guiritownlj^here an jnrquest was 1 held on. the follbwing Saturday, Mr; ; 'Wi'gmore, J:P., wnen a • Verdict of" Death from natural causes — supposed heart-disease/ was returned. Hays hadbeen a, lonjj time m NewZ^aiahdi-i-SOor 40 s jears. He lived mostly with: the natives, nevsr working steadily any length of time with Europeans. '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 54, 27 January 1883, Page 3
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180Sudden Death. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 54, 27 January 1883, Page 3
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