FOUND DEAD.
SUICIDE AT PUKEKURA. VERDICT AT THE INQUEST. SUFFERED NERVOUS BREAKDOWN. (Special to Times.) CAMBRIDGE, Monday. Air Robert Atkinson, aged 53 years, was found dead at his son's residence, Pukekura, Cambridge, this morning. A razor was found alongside the body. At an inquest held this afternoon before the *District Coroner, Mr Wyvern Wilson, S.AL, the evidence showed that deceased had been in a very low state of health for some time, culminating in a complete nervous breakdown during the past week. A verdict of suicide, In accordance with the evidence, was returned. Deceased was born at the homestead, Monavale, and lived all his life in the Cambridge district. He is survived by a widow, one son and three daughters.
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Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18309, 21 April 1931, Page 7
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120FOUND DEAD. Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18309, 21 April 1931, Page 7
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