Inquest on Sir Basil?
PA Wellington An inquest may be held into the death of Sir Basil Arthur, former Speaker of the House of Representatives. , The Wellington Coroner, Mr A. G. Protheroe, said that he was deciding whether an inquest was necessary. “I have to look into it a great deal and I am not
able to make a decision on the matter until I have received a full and detailed post-mortem report,” he said. Mr Protheroe confirmed that no death certificate had been signed by the hospital authorities. Normally, a medical certificate ascertaining the cause of death is issued. “The hospital people re-
ported the matter to me because of particular circumstances and I authorised the post-mortem (examination) because of that,” he said. Mr Protheroe said he signed the burial order after receiving the provisional findings of the pathologist. He declined to elaborate on the “particular circumstances.”
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