A DOCTOR SUICIDES.
Auckland , June 11 . Dr Benjamin Rowsell, about 42 years of age, committed, suicide last night. He. was a medical man, and was held in high esteem by a large circle of friends, to whom his tragic death caused a great shock. He had been travelling in the South Sea Islands, more especially with a view to the study of the decease known as elephantiasis. He had been in Auckland for the past eighteen months, and was especially well known as Secretary of St. George’s Rowing Club. The proprietor of the Commercial .Hotel, with whom Rowsell had 'been staying, received a lett:r this morning stating that his body would be-.found either in St. Stephen’s Cemetery, Parnell, or at Ofakei, and asking him to communicate with the police. Rowsell’s body waaiound in the Parnell Cemetery.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3768, 15 June 1907, Page 3
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136A DOCTOR SUICIDES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3768, 15 June 1907, Page 3
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