CASUALTIES.
A drowning fatality occurred atWataroa, South AVestland, on "Wednesday. Sam Wallace, with his brother Jim, who is on final leave before goiny to the front, were putting cattle across the river opposite HevcJdt's, when Sam got into difficulties, presumably as the result of quicksand, being washed down stream. His brother Jim, •who "was ahead, immediately got assistance, but tho other man had been washed away •before help arrived. San) Wallaco got exemption from the Military Board at its last sitting, as four brothers were already soldiers.
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 15869, 7 April 1917, Page 11
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