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.> MAN DIES FROM INJURIES. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) OAMARU. May 2. The death occurred yesterday morning in the Oamaru Hospital of Mr Robert Buchanan Irvine, who for 30 years, until he retired a few months ago, managed the Oamaru branch of Dalgcty and Co.. Ltd. For over a year Mr Irvine had been in bad health. He left his home about 6.30 on Saturday night, but as he had not returned by 9.30 a search was instituted. and he was found at the Columbia lawn tennis courts with a gunshot wound in his head and a rifle alongside the body. He was taken to hospital, where he died four hours later. The late Mr Irvine was widely known and highly respected, both by the farming community and his fellowcitizens. At one time he represented Otago at Association football. He leaves a widow and a son and daughter.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 May 1938, Page 6
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148FOUND SHOT Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 May 1938, Page 6
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