MAN DROWNED AT WAIKUKU
MANAGER OF SHIPPING COMPANY
SWAM TOO FAR OUT IN SURF. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, Last Night. Thomas Eric Hugh Monro, a married man, manager of the Canterbury Steam Shipping Company, and son of Captain Hugh. Monro, chairman of the-Lyttelton Harbour Board, was drowned in the surf at Waikuku beach this afternoon.
With his companion, J. D. Simpson, he had gone far out, and on the return journey both became exhausted. Their plight was noticed by a woman, who gave the alarm. (Simpson managed, to struggle ashore, but when assistance reached Monro he was dead. Artifiicial respiration was resorted to by Dr. King when the body was brought ashore, but was without avail.
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Taranaki Daily News, 13 January 1932, Page 7
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