BODY FOUND IN RIVER
NO TRACE OF. BICYCLE (Per United Press Association) FOXTON, Dec. 5. Despite a careful search of the riverbank and the dragging of the river, no trace has been found of the bicycle believed to have been in the possession of Stanley Wilfred Wright, a 19-year-«?ld farm hand, whose body was found in the river on Wednesday. At the inquest held before Mr J. K. Hornblow (coroner) a verdict was returned that the deceased was found drowned, there being no evidence to indicate whether by accident or otherwise. His mother stated in evidence that she attached no importance to a letter found on the body indicating that he was undertaking a bicycle tour round the world.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23057, 7 December 1936, Page 4
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119BODY FOUND IN RIVER Otago Daily Times, Issue 23057, 7 December 1936, Page 4
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