SUICIDE.
Frank Brown, jonrneyman bootmaker, was found dead at the Britannia Hotel, Riwaka, this morning. It was a easeful suicide from " Rough on Rats." He had recently arrived from Tekaka on a 'visit to his wife, who was living at the hotel named. He took the poison last night in a glass of beet, and went to bed. A verdict of suicide whilst under the influence 1 p* drink was returned, with a rider that Tafner, the proprietor of the hotel, showed great want of feeling in not giving proper attention to deceased, knowing he had taken poison.
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Grey River Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5555, 24 July 1886, Page 2
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98SUICIDE. Grey River Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5555, 24 July 1886, Page 2
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