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FOR A POST MORTEM TO BE HELD. (UNITED PUES* AajaciAXioN.) DUNEDIN, May 20. A man named Jas. W. Gumming, aged 4G years, who resided at Caversham, died on Saturday morning, and was to have been buried to-day, Out at the last minute the luneral had to be: postponed. After relatives and friends had assembled for the funeral intimation was received from the Coroner that a post mortem examination must be held. Deceased had been employed by the Drainage Board, and after his death the relatives served on the Board a claim for compensation, as in their opinion death was due to gas poisoning. A medical examination, however, showed that death was due to natural causes. An inquest will be held to-morrow. -
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 21 May 1912, Page 3
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