HOKITIKA.
This day.
The body of the missing man, Palmer, was found this ' morning, on the beach, north of the Teremakau river. Palmer was a school master from Canterbury who arrived here by coach on August 7th, and was missed suddenly on the night of August tenth. It is believed that deceased committed suicide.
Stephen Spencer, cook and sailor on board the Spray, has been accidently drowned while attempting to proceed from the wharf to a vessel. An inquest, was held yesterday, and a verdict of " Accidental death " returned.
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Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3650, 7 September 1880, Page 2
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89HOKITIKA. Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3650, 7 September 1880, Page 2
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