ANGLER'S DEATH

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 695, 22 November 1933, Page 4

ANGLER'S DEATH

TAUPO TRAGED^ BODY OF MJSSING VlSlTv RECOYERED YESTERD.U MjORNING DIED FROM HEART SElZj Shortly after 6 o'clock w morning the body of Mr. AU D. Campbell, of Scotland, wfco making his thirty-third visit Dominion for the fishing seaso» discovered lying in the riverbeic Waikato River by Ranger G. G, when he was searching- for the? ing angler with the aid of a pa field glasses. The body was lafc covered from - the river and fo| an examination, Dr. G. Femvijj Auckland, gave a certificate ofi which would indicate that Mr. (j bell h'ad died as a, result of a! seizure after entering the rive a fishing expedition the pK morning-. It is known that for j years deceased suffered from i trouhle and although he had si some time before his death tha was then in the best of Health, apparent that a sudden return 6 trouhle on Monday morning ^ sponsible for his sudden end body was found a little distance the spo-t where h'e was known to wiaded into the river on Jfo morning. A Great ^portsman - The late Mr. Campbell, who born of a prominent Seottishfj was 75 years of a'ge and receiyt early education in Germany, | destined for the London StooV change. However, he preferroj open air life and was later se India to manage his fath'er's i plantations. While in India h canie known as an enthusiasticfc man, and it was while engagj this sport that a weakness heart began to show itself andat time threatened his life. Ho? special treatment had the desin fect and it was shortly after ti 1902, that he made his first w New Zealand to engage in de? fishing, ;and he is stated to hav: the first man to secure a styordi New Zealand waters. Wlh'en this of fishing became too> strenuoa him he became an enthusiasticl fisherman and could rememl® time- when fish weighing up to were secured in the Tongariro! During these annual vists to th minion h'e endeared himself t with whom he came into contad was considered to be a fine si man and a skilful fisherman. It ed among his relations is a fe who has held important conn in the British forces in Inda,£ sis-ter who, as th'e wife of an rican millionaire, is now residi Californa, U.S.A. The funeral of the late Mr. ( bell will take place this after after a service to be conductf Archdeacon F. W. Chatterton! Luke's Church at 2.30 p.m.