CASUALTIES
DROWNED IN RIVER, By Telegraph—Prea* Association. DUNEDIN, April 5. The police were advised this afternoon that William Arthur Tough, aged sixty-two, a threshing-mill owner of Milton, had been found drowned in the Tokomairiro river at 10 a.m. to-day. Deceased had been missing since April 2. FATAL SEIZURE IN TRAM. By Telegraph—Pres* Association. CHRISTCHURCH, April 6. Mr Frederick Martin (74), of Timaru, who was on holiday in Christchurch, had a seizure while in a tramcar at 11.45 a.m. to-day, and when removed to the Limes Hospital nearby -was found to be dead. MISSING MAN’S BODY FOUND. By Telegraph—Press Assc.clo.tt on. OAMARU. April 6. The body of George Blackwell, a railway employee, aged thirty-eight, was found in a hillside plantation with a bullet wound in the head on Saturday afternoon. There was a pea rifle clasped in the arms. Deceased, who was married, had been missing from his home since Thursday morning, when the rifle also disappeared. He had just returned from Hanmer, where he was treated for a nervous breakdown.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18537, 7 April 1930, Page 6
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170CASUALTIES Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18537, 7 April 1930, Page 6
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