DEATH OF DOCTOR AT KARAMEA
From Our Own Reporter GREYMOUTH, October 5 Found in the bathroom at his residence at Karamea yesterday, with his throat cut. and suffering severely from loss of blood, a resident medical officer. Dr. Walter Foskett, aged 56, married, died on the way into the Westport hospital in an ambulance. Dr. Foskett. who came from England, took over the Karamea practice in March of this year. An inquest was opened at Westport this morning, when evidence* of identification was given by Mr G. A. Brown, secretary of the Buller Hospital Board. The inquest will be concluded later.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25307, 6 October 1947, Page 8
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