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Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 February 1914, Page 3

A fair muster of bowlers was on Levin green on Saturday, and several games were played. A match for the Bowen Stars was played. The holders (Lodge and Jamieson) were challenged by Heading and Pyke. The holders defended their trophies so well ■ that they won by 18 to 9 on the fourteenth head. .Frank Dobrah, a young American, committed suicide on December 27th in the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, by hanging himself from a tree, and at tne same time putting a bullet through his temple. There was a marriage certificate in his pocket and a note reading: "Frank Dobrah, American. Misfortune follows thoso who go to the races." A letter addressed to the commissary oi police was also found stating that, having lost all his money at baccarat and the races, he'was taking hi& life to escape misery. ,