OLD MAN FOUND DEAD
V .... _ ... ♦— (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) ROTORUA, October 1. An old-age pensioner, John Harrison, aged 65, was found yesterday 1 morning lying dead on his bed in a bach which he occupied in Eruera street. The discovery was made by a neighbour. who, noticing that Harrison had not been about since Tuesday, made investigations, and looking through a window saw the bedy lying on the bed. Harrison was holding a newspaper of Tuesday’s date in his hand, and had apparently died while reading it. Dr. Dorset, who was summoned, stated that death was due to heart failure.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21903, 2 October 1936, Page 12
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99OLD MAN FOUND DEAD Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21903, 2 October 1936, Page 12
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