So Little In The Bay of Plenty

[How Brown]

Bay Of Plenty Times (NZ)
12 February 1894

One heck of a headline...just imagine if this headline was the last reference to the WM that a person read or heard after that date in 1894....and consider the effect the Knight-theory or Cornwell-theory had if either one of those concepts was the last reference to the Case that someone in our age might hear.

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[How Brown]

Twelve days later....

If A.P. sees these articles, perhaps he would care to kindly offer his views on how TH Cutbush's relationship to someone in New Zealand was determined.

Grey River Argus (NZ)
February 24, 1894

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[How Brown]

The story begins to unfold with new revelations popping up with interesting details.

Grey River Argus
April 2nd, 1894

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[How Brown]

Subsequently, this Auckland crackpot came forward to claim his rightful title.

Grey River Argus (NZ)
September 3rd, 1894

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[Debra Arif]

Twelve days later....

If A.P. sees these articles, perhaps he would care to kindly offer his views on how TH Cutbush's relationship to someone in New Zealand was determined.

Grey River Argus (NZ)
February 24, 1894

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How, I have only just noticed this while looking through all the Cutbush threads.
I think the information may have been out there for anyone doing their homework. In 1894 the Sun newspaper reported that TH Cutbush's father had gone abroad, abandoning his wife and young son, so they had some information on the situation, maybe they even knew exactly but held back on reporting it?

In the late 1880s/90s there was a also a probate case, Cutbush v Cutbush, which involved Thomas and his father, Thomas Taylor Cutbush. It seems to me, from a note in those documents (Robert can correct me if I'm wrong on this), that Thomas Taylor's third wife, who he married in Wellington in 1870, came forward (Chris Scott once posted the newspaper appeal for information on his whereabouts, wanted for this case) and gave information in 1893.

It always puzzles me why in 1894, Macnaghten was still saying that Thomas Cutbush's father had died young. It's like he was working from the 1891 jobbing reports where Thomas's mother was described as a widow, and not from any sort of investigation he personally carried out.

[How Brown]

Thanks for the update Debs..and the explanation.

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