DEERSTALKER KILLED
FATAL SHOT IN RUAHINES. By Telegraph—Press Association. PALMERSTON N., April 4. A fatal accident occurred to-day in the rugged hill country of the Ruahines, at the back of Apiti. Ivo Cummerfield (32), a farmer, received a rifle bullet in the thigh. Deceased, with a companion, Albert Dick, left on a deer-stalking expedition two or three days ago. Dick reached Table Flat after an arduous race through seven miles of bush, with the news of an accident. A relief party went out, and a doctor and police followed, but on arriving at the scene they found Cummerfield dead. Before leaving deceased for assistance, Dick did all he could to staunch the wound. The body was brought several miles from the snowline in. the Ruahines, where the fatality occurred, and the remainder of the journey will be undertaken to-morrow. Constable Ferguson, of Kimbolton, remaining in charge.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18536, 5 April 1930, Page 8
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