DEATH OF COUNCILLOR
VERDICT OF SUICIDE. ( Per Press Association ] DUNEDIN, May 15. At the inquest to-day on the body of Joseph Cross, aged 63, Portobello, farmer and county councillor, who was found dead on May 11, the coroner returned a verdict of suicide by shooting. Gas Poisoning. The inquest also concluded to-day on George Woodland, aged 67, who was discovered dead in bed on May 11. The coroner found the cause *£ death was gas poisoning.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 113, 16 May 1939, Page 8
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75DEATH OF COUNCILLOR Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 113, 16 May 1939, Page 8
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