TWO MEN FOUND DEAD.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20314, 13 August 1931, Page 14

TWO MEN FOUND DEAD.

IHNEDIN VISITORS TO RACES. I'w o Duiii.Jin men, visitors to C'hrist'•hurcli for the races, were found dead ;u bed yesterday morning. Mr Donald McLennan, also of Dunedin, dropped ■ ieii'J at the 'Rieearton racecourse oil Tuesday. Mr Herbert .IJlackburn, aged 5", of «irove street, Musselburgh, Dunedin, us ioun<l dead, in his room at His l.'Tdsliip's Hotel,-and-Mr Alfred George i Lill, a Dunedin business man, was found dead in his room at Ooker's ":.:!k>le!. Until advice is received from '-»• Mr 'Blackburn's relatives in Dunedin I " :his inornijig, it will not be known if ait inquest is necessary in his case. There'will l>u "0 inquest on Hr llill. .Mr Blackburn was formerly a resi-Jt-ri t of Kaitangata. He returned to 'tis hotel at 10c>0 o r cloek on Tuesday evening, complaining of pains in liis chest, but he did not consult;a doctor. S7. .Mr Hill was well known and-popular m Dunedin. He had been attended by "'/a' doctor for some time before lie came - Vup for the races, and it is believed aat r he was warned that the strain might be 'tK> much for him. He had been closely .V : .,-,,sociated with racing for many years. lb: w'jj's the owner of the stallions Paladin, the sire- of. Chide, and: Last j -''Dart. He also owned the mare Mantua, Jsich '-on' him' many ra'ees in Otago .■!.(] Canterbury. Bob, Linden, and Last rcr -'\*f'areh were other horses owned by Mr Hill. For a long time his horses were ; irained at Wingatui by F. Shaw. A -l ow years ~;fi,ni'ua SHid in the .Taieri district.