FARMER’S DEATH.
By Telegraph—Prese Association Copyright Australia:, and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received July 8, 11.25 a.m.) MKIiBOFRNK, July 8. The police are of opinion that King was not murdered, but was kicked on the head by a horse. An examination of the -skull indicated that such was the ease. The body of David King, a farmer, of Rranxton, Avas found near nis farm, partly burnt, with tAvo wounds oti the head and the skull fractured. It was surmised that King Avas murdered by being hit on the head with a swinglebar.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16780, 8 July 1922, Page 9
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