SUPPOSED DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Aucici.and, Dec. 16. Samuel H. Sayer, county clerk, was found dead on the road at Pahi (Kaipara Harbour). The report to the police adds : “A young man named David Duffaur, a bank clerk, who was in company with Sayers, is missing, and the bank keys have been found on the Pahi wharf. It is supposed he committed suicide in the Otamata river. Sayers and Duffaur resided at Paparoa. Duffaur is a nephew of Percy Duffaur, of Auckland, and was 21 years of age. He is an ex-pupil of King's College, and joined the National Bank about four years ago. He was transferred to Paparoa two years ago, performing the duties of clerk. Duffaur has received a telegram stating- that his nephew is missing but it throws no light on the mystery. Meagre additional particulars from Pahi are to the effect that Sayers was riding on the road when the stirrup broke, and he fell from his horse and was killed. Duffaur sustained such a shock on witnessing the fatality that he became demented, and it is presumed he drowned himself.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1040, 17 December 1912, Page 3
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183SUPPOSED DOUBLE TRAGEDY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1040, 17 December 1912, Page 3
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