FOUND DEAD.
STRATFORD TRAGEDY. Per Press Association. STRATFORD, Oct, 5. William Power, a prominent Stratford accountant, was found dead in his office this morning by bis daughter. A .303 rifle was between his knees. Deceased had left homo at 8.30 tills morning. His daughter arrived at the office, where she is employed, at the usual time, and on going into her father’s room to open the window found tho body. Power was tho secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. He served in Gallipoli and was wounded and invalided home. He had been the secretary of the local War Funds Council until recently, also the secretary of the Stratford Racing Club. He had been in ill-liealth for some time past, lie leaves a wife and three children.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 263, 5 October 1936, Page 4
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126FOUND DEAD. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 263, 5 October 1936, Page 4
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