WARNING TO TRAMPERS
COMMENTS BY A CORONER MAN ON AN ILL-PREPARED TRIP. HUNTER’S DEATH IN TARARUAS EXHAUSTION AND EXPOSURE.' By Telegraph—Press Association. Palmerston N.pLast Night. “The whole tragedy is a story of an ill-prepared tramp,” commented Mr. A. J. Graham, coroner, who inquired today into the circumstances surrounding the death of John Manuel Hart, an electrician, aged 21, who died from exhaustion in the Tararuas after becoming lost a fortnight ago. The coroner stated that tramping parties undertaking trips at these times of the year would be well advised to carry sufficient food for 24 hours, should be properly clad and provided with a compahs. There was not the slightest doubt that Halt’s companion, Mr. Abraham, did all he could until such time as he, too, was affected by their trying experiences.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 August 1935, Page 9
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