A SETTLER KILLED.
DARGA VILLE, hast Night Information .was received here to-day from Hokianga to the- effect that a settler named Bourke was found in the Pakana Gorge yesterday. Only meagre . particulars are to hand, but it is surmised that the deceased had been visiting - his' wife's grave, yesterday being . the f-ourt'h anniversary of her - death, and when returning home his horse shied and threw him off into a ravine about 100 feet deep. The deceased was 57 years of age, and took a deep interest in public affairs in Hokianga.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10176, 28 February 1911, Page 5
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91A SETTLER KILLED. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10176, 28 February 1911, Page 5
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