DEATH AT SEA.
SYDNEY, Oct. 11. 111-health is believed to have been the cause of the suicide of a secondclass passenger, Colin Maxtone, a native of Scotland, on the poop deck of the Maunganui during the voyage from Wellington. A silk scarf was round his neck and the other portion was attached to an awning spar. Death was due to strangulation. A bank book with nearly £SOO to credit was among his personal effects. ' Mr Maxtone was aged 32. He was an engineer and had resided at Lake Coleridge, Canterbury, for six years. A cabin steward, P. Laffy, said lie believed that Maxtone tried to commit suicide by hanging on Sunday moiling, in liis cabin. A strap ' apparently broke and. while.’making a further attempt lie was disturbed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 268, 12 October 1932, Page 7
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127DEATH AT SEA. Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 268, 12 October 1932, Page 7
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