DROWNED IN A CREEK
PATE OP A FARMER
(Per Press Association. —Copyright.) Hamilton; Tim .Day. An elderly man, Allan Sinclair, was found drowned in the Wnitotno Creek, Ororohanga, ou Saturday. A search was organised when Sinclair failed to appear at the Commercial Hotel whore he was a boarder. The stream running through his farm was dragged and the body recovered, ■Evidence at the inquest deposed that deceased was accustomed to draw water from, the creek and probably slipped into the. stream. A verdict of accidental death was returned. Sinclair is believed to have a. married daughter in Australia.
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Northern Advocate, 17 December 1928, Page 9
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