DROWNED IN RIVER
SMALL BOAT CAPSIZES
(By -Telegraph—Press. Association.)
AUCKLAND, February 13.
When a small flat-bottomed duck boat capsized while crossing the Waikato River towards the Mercer wharf on Saturday evening, a~, young man who was unable to swim' disappeared arid was drowned. His body was recovered later.
The victim was Robert Leonard Harley, married, aged 25.-. Although Mr. Harley was born at Wyndham, Otago, the police have not traced his relatives, who are believed to live in Dunedinl or Invercargill.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 37, 14 February 1938, Page 11
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