DROWNED AT LYTTELTON.
REPORTER'S BODY FOyND. ' tßy Telegraph.-Press Association.) DUNEDIN, thin day. The body of James Joseph WMah, aired 27, a reporter employed by the "Daily Times,- was found in the harbour this morning close to the Victoria wharf. Deceased attended a meeting last night and it is concluded that he went for a walk on the wharf after the meeting and accidentally fell into the water. There was evidence of him having endeavoured to climb out by means of a rope which was attached to the wharf and a piledriver. Deceased saw service at the front and was wounded. He recently returned! Deceased was formerly on the literiry staff of the "Lyttelton Times," and \l, fore that was in the teaching profession
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 126, 28 May 1919, Page 2
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DROWNED AT LYTTELTON.
Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 126, 28 May 1919, Page 2
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