FENCER'S DEATH
BODY FOUND IN WHARE DISCOVERY BY NEIGHBOUR [by TELEGRAPH —OWN correspondent] GISBORNE, Saturday Tho discovery of tho body of a fencer. Mr. James Gadsburv, aged 53 years, in a whare at To Rata station, Whatatutu, was mado yesterday afternoon by Mr. H. Fitzgerald, of an adjoining station, when he visited the whare to ask Mr. Gadsbur.y how his work was progressing. Air. Fitzgerald found tho body on a bed in the whare. A gun was found under the bed. Mr. Gadsbur.y was born in Tasmania and came to New Zealand in 190(3. He was last seen alive at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday, and it is not known when the tragedy occurred.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23050, 30 May 1938, Page 10
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