BODY FOUND IN CAR
FATALITY AT RANFURLY DUNEDIN COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER Shortly after 5 a.m. yesterday, Henri Arnaud Potvine, a well-known Dunedin commercial traveller,, who resided at 145 Kenmure road, Mornington, was found dead in his car in a garage at the rear of the Ranfurly Hotel. A double-bdrrelled shotgun was found in the car, and the top of the deceased’s head was blown off. _ On receipt of advice of the fatality by the police, Detective Sergeant Hall left for Ranfurly to make investigations. Mr Potvine was known to a large circle of friends in Dunedin. He took a keen interest in 'amateur theatricals and, as a member of the Little Theatre Society, he appeared in several productions. He is survived by his wife ahd one child.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23527, 16 June 1938, Page 7
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