BODY CAUGHT IN FENCE
FATAL BULLET WOUND IN HEAD
(FHESS ASSOCIATION TBLEGBAM,)
INVERCARGILL, December 15. The body of Albert Zealand Mills, a married man, aged 3$ was found at Tail's Point reserve, Riverton, this afternoon. There was a bullet wound in the head, and a rifle was lying nearby. The body was caught in a barbed wire fence, and it is thought that the rifle was accidentally discharged. Mr Mills, who was a son of Mr E. V. Mills, of Invercargill, was in charge of the Riverton branch of J. R. Mills and Son. He leaves a widow, who is a daughter of Dr. N. G. Trotter, of Riverton.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21967, 16 December 1936, Page 12
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