REP. FOOTBALLER KILLED IN SMASH.
WOMAN PILLION-RIDER SEVERELY INJURED. Per Press Association. INVERCARGILL, December 9. A collision between a motor-cycle and a taxi on Sunday night resulted in the instantaneous death of Robert Oughton, aged 30, and severe facial injuries to Susannah M’Conachie, aged 27. Her younger sister, who was also pillion-riding, escaped injury. It was raining at the time, obscuring the vision. Oughton was a single man and was a partner in a firm of carriers. He was a well-known representative Southland footballer and a former captain of the Star Club.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18939, 9 December 1929, Page 9
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