The Faithful Dog.
j i ' Si" C*.- .1111 !- 1 iSj'4 ! UItSIUJILXJO, Thus Day. 1 The body of i'-i ii st Vernon Sweet, j u!:u wa.s drowned in tlho Waikanac bench latst evening, was discovered at on: 1 o'clock t!»imorning under •stl'iUijjH■ eirciiiiiKtiHiffS. .Mr Shoaix, a resident living (mil' it mile from the beach, was awakened hy Jond and pel's'.sient barking of Jjis dog. Ho Went out and spoke to tihe dog, which led him in the direction of the beach. I here iSliOiUi, by tho bright moonlight, tsaw a dark object, tos.se.l ■about "by the breakers, which lit; pulled aMjioiv and discovered that it was t-lio body of Sweet. Sweet was well-known throughout New Zonlair] a.- .a inr.-,(vpewriters. J{e was a ''"iM'aiit bd!'anl exponent.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 February 1912, Page 2
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124The Faithful Dog. Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 February 1912, Page 2
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