Suicide of a Schoolmaster.
The body of Mr James Robertson schoolmaster at Rowan, who had been missing since Sunday, the 21st nit., was found in the bush at Upper Manala road, on Jadaary 5. At the inquest a verdict was of suicide while temporarily insane was returned. Deceased Was forty years of age. He had been despondent since the last examinations, through not getting a good average of passes. This makes the third consecutive suicide of schoolmasters of the same school.
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Manawatu Herald, 8 January 1903, Page 2
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81Suicide of a Schoolmaster. Manawatu Herald, 8 January 1903, Page 2
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