STUDENT FOUND SHOT.
BODY IN SCHOOL GROUNDS. DISCOVERY IN CHRISTCHURCH. [BT TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday.
Keith Eennip Miller, aged 17 years, a pupil at the Christchurch Boys' High School, was found dead in the school grounds at 6 a.m. to-day. There whs a revolver beside the body and a ballet wound in the head. Miller was a son of Mr. J. Miller, S.M., of Masterton. Death probably took place in the night. Tlie body was found at the foot of the Old Boys' Memorial Shrine in the playing field of the school. The boy is stated to have been of a nervous disposition. Mr. Miller was registrar of the Supreme Court at Ch.ristchurch until the end of last year, when he wss appointed a magistrate. All cricket matches arranged to be played at the school to-day were postponed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20427, 2 December 1929, Page 12
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