THE LATE MR. ALEXANDER REID.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW ZEALAND MAIL. Sir, —As a passenger on board the Taupo, and an old friend of Mr. Alexander Reid, I must protest against the conclusion that his loss was premeditated by himself, or that he jumped overboard in a fit of despondency. Mr. Reid came down with me in the train yesterday afternoon from Christchurch to Lyttelton. We conversed all the way, and afterwards on the steamer had much familiar conversation. Mr. Reid was in excellent spirits, and spoke with pleasant anticipation of soon meeting his brother and other near relations at Auckland. I saw him perhaps one of the last on board the ship, and I feel quite assured that if Mr. Reid fell overboard his death wna not of hie own seeking.—T am, &0,, O’COtfOR,
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 317, 9 March 1878, Page 15
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137THE LATE MR. ALEXANDER REID. New Zealand Mail, Issue 317, 9 March 1878, Page 15
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