ELDERLY MAN'S DEATH.
> CHARRED REMAINS FOUND. (caxas iseocurio* nz$<UMK.) MAST:pTOIT, October 28;' The mailman on arriving at bush to-day found $ letter; addressed to him, which stated that the writer was going to make a heap of gome logf in a paddock, saturate them with kerosene, set lire to the pile, &nd shoot himself on top of it. The recipient went to the Bpot indicated and found the charred remains of Richard Monteroy Harcourt, a gardener, aged about 65 years. As far a$ is known he was single, without relatives, and was employed I>y Mr Peter McLaren, who left in the morning, when Harcourt was in his usual good spirits and state of health.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20381, 30 October 1931, Page 14
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113ELDERLY MAN'S DEATH. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20381, 30 October 1931, Page 14
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