ELDERLY FARMER DROWNED IN RIVER.
Per Press Association. HAMILTON, December 17. An elderly man, Allan Sinclair, was found drowned in Waitomo Creek at Otorohanga on Saturday. A search was organised when Sinclair failed to appear at the Commercial Hotel, where he boarded. A stream running through his farm was dragged and the body was recovered. Evidence was given at the inquest that deceased was accustomed to draw water, and probably slipped into the stream. A verdict of accidental death was returned. Sinclair is believed to have a married daughter in Australia.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18639, 17 December 1928, Page 15
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