DOGS ON GUARD.
BY DEAD MASTER. - WHANGAREI, Sept. 4. That death was due to natural causes was the verdict of the Coroner, Mr H. C. Hemphill, at the adjourned inquest on the late Richard Harcourt Aubrey. The inquest was held at Pataira. Evidence was given by Mrs Aubrey that on the evening of August 12 her husband, who appeared to be in good health, went to cut down a tree "about a. mile and a half away from the house. His delay in returning caused anxiety, and Joe, an Islander, who had been living with the family for 50 years, found liis master lying dead near a fallen tree, with his two dogs keeping watch beside tho body. The Islander was unable to give a coherent account of anything in English.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 237, 4 September 1933, Page 2
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131DOGS ON GUARD. Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 237, 4 September 1933, Page 2
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