SUDDEN DEATH.
By Telegraph —Press Association. AUCKLAND, November 3. The Rev. William Gillies, Presbyterian minister of Tauranga, expired suddenly on Te Awamutu railway platform yesterday afternoon, after the arrival of the Auckland express. He was travelling via the Main Trunk line to attend the Presbyterian Conference at Dunedin, accompanied by his wife. On arrival at Te Awamutu he left the car and proceeded to the refreshment-room a few yards distant, in order to procure a cup of tea for Mrs Gillies. On reaching the room he was seen to fall. Dr Wohlmann was travelling by the same train, and was in attendance immediately, but could only pronounce life extinct, the cause of death being heart failure. Deceased was in the best of health up to the time of his death.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3035, 4 November 1908, Page 5
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130SUDDEN DEATH. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3035, 4 November 1908, Page 5
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