DROWNED IN LAKE
YOUNG MAN'S DEATH EFFORT TO RECOVER PUNT [BT TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] MASTEBTON. Friday A young man, Mr. Montague Tocker, employed by a Masterton stock firm, was drowned in Lake Wairarapa this afternoon. It is understood that deceased, with several others, was fishing at the lake, when a punt drifted out from the shore. He attempted to swim out- and recover it, being a strong swimmer. Apparently ho was seized with cramp in the chilly water.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21763, 31 March 1934, Page 10
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