Body Found
(N.Z. Press Association* INVERCARGILL, Aug. 21. The body of a man who had been missing since June 16 was recovered from the Mataura river in Eastern Southland today. He was George Andrew Neilson, aged 50, of Mataura. His body was found face down in 10 inches of water on a shallow gravel beach about two miles north of Wyndham. The discovery was made by two’lnvercargill youths, John Henry and Colin Stucky. The police believe there are no suspicious circumstances. They said the body appeared to have been in the water about two months.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31144, 22 August 1966, Page 1
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