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SCHOOLBOY S DEATH DUNEDIN, This Day.—At the inquest this morning into the death of Robert Thomas Don, a schoolboy, the evidence disclosed that he and several other boys were endeavouring to descend an 800-foot cliff at Smaill’s Beach, near the city, and were only a short distance over the edge when the deceased slipped. The Coroner and the police paid a tribute to the courage of Sapper McFarlane, who risked his life to recover the body from the depths below. He was lowered over the cliff by police and miliary and when 750 feet of rope had been paid out a further length had to be joined.—P.A, FEW RAIDERS OVER ENGLAND LONDON, Aug. 11.—The Lul waffe, according to Berlin radio last night, bombed Colchester and Hastings. An agency report says that a small number of German raiders wenover East Anglia and south-east England last night. A mental hospital was directly hit and several were trapped under the debris. Bombers in other districts caused a few casualties and fires.—P.A,
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 12 August 1942, Page 6
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