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The angry and grieving people of Waikino held a meeting on 24 October, to ask for the school to be moved from its isolated position on a ridge above the Waitawheta valley, but the meeting was interrupted by news of a fire, which completely destroyed the school.
Higgins was charged with murder at Paeroa Magistrate’s Court on 14 December. He was found guilty at Auckland High Court and sentenced to death on 14 February 1924. The sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment on the grounds of insanity.
The images here are from the South Auckland Education Department building and site file for Waikino School [BCDQ 1050/A739/639b]
With thanks to PapersPast for background information (with headlines including “A Madman’s Revenge”, “Demented Freak” and “Waikino Tragedy”)
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