FOUND DEAD.
By Telegraph—Press Association. PALMhJRSTON N., August 13. Mr W. Rocksirow, aged 28, son of a well-known Palmeraton North settler, was found dead ( in bed at his parents' residence to-day. • He had been very despondent of late, and had not been sleeping. Death resulted from an opiate of some kind. It is understood that th 9 {deceased, who' was formerly . in the Wellington Post Office, and was in South Africa with the Seventh Contingent, had intimated to friends that he was tired of life and left a letter lor his father.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9568, 14 August 1909, Page 5
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92FOUND DEAD. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9568, 14 August 1909, Page 5
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