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SEQUEL TO DROWNING. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND. March 23. “The pathologist's report corresponds exactly with the age and stature of this boy. and 1 jun justified in finding that it is part of Basil Rabe,” said the Coroner, Mr F. K. -Hunt. S.M.. during an inquest on a human leg which was found in the surf at Waiheke Island on March 14. Evidence was given that Basil Paly?, .aged 17. and Hazel Fisher, of Mamma ru, were reported blown out to sea from near Thames on January .‘lO and that their bodies had not since been discovered. The Coroner found tlvitthe leg belonged to italic and returned a verdict of accidental drowning.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 97, 24 March 1939, Page 9
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114UNIQUE INQUEST Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 97, 24 March 1939, Page 9
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