FARM BOY SHOT DEAD.
MORRINSVILLE ACCIDENT. [BX TKLEORAPH.—OWN COBKESPONDENT.J MORKINSVH.L.E. Thursday. A sad fatality occurred at Tapapa, about six. miles from Tirau, last night. It appears that a boy named Alexander Brewster, 15 years of age, who was working for Mr. W. Sutcliffe, went after cows and took a shotgun with - him unknown to the other members of the household. This morning he was found with his head practically blown off. It is thought lie must have slipped with the gun. He comes from Papatoetoe. ;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18332, 23 February 1923, Page 6
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