TRAMPER KILLED.
FALL OVER CLIFF.
ACCIDENT ON WEST COAST.
COMPANION REACHES BODY.
(By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.)
TE KUITI, this day.
A young man named Theodore James King fell over a cliff while biking yesterday afternoon and was killed. Ho was employed by the Auckland Education Board as a teacher at Kiritehere, and was out tramping with a fellowteacher named Ryan.
While exploring the rugged coastline between Tirau Point and Nukuliakere, on the sea coast north of Taranaki, Mr. King lost his balance and fell to the beach below.
With great difficulty Mr. _ Ryan descended the steep face of the cliff and removed the lifeless body from the reach of the incoming tide.
A party of settlers from Marokopa lias left to bring the body to TeKuiti, and is expected to arrive later in the day. An inquest will be held.
Mr. King was a single man, aged 26 years. His mother resides at Maori Hill, Dunedin. He was most popular in the West Coast settlement. He was a member of the Te Kuiti Harriers' Club.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 184, 7 August 1933, Page 7
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