The discovery of a bottle of poison near the hat and coat of a man who was subsequently found drowned in the harbour was mentioned by a witness at an inquest at Gisborne yesterday concerning the death of Hugh McAllister, a farmer of Puha, whose death occurred last Saturday. Medical evidence, however, showed that there was no trace of poisoning in the body, nor were there any marks of violence. Death was due to drowning. The Coroner returned a verdict of drowning, adding that there was no evidence how the body came to be in the water.— (P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 1 August 1936, Page 4
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