ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
Per Press Association. Invereargill, May 1!). The body of » farmer named John Day, of Waitaka, wan found in an outhouse at the Shamrock Hotel this morning under circumstances suggesting suicide. Deceased came to town on Thursday evening, and engaged a room at 11m Shamrock, lie slept there that night, and next day was apparently busy about town. He had his meals at the hotel, and in the evening was in the smoking room. He. seemed to be suffering from a nervous and depressing trouble, and told several people in the house that he hud met witli great trouble on Saturday morning. He was seen to enter the outhouse, which was not entered by anybody else during the day. Early this morning Mr. MeAuiilTe discovered the body. There was a wound in throat made by a pocket knife.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 20 May 1907, Page 2
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140ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 20 May 1907, Page 2
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