Drowning Case at Walking
Last uight nows roaobeil Waihi ol tho ■ finding ol tho My of a man named Doinld McMillitn in tho pontstock of the Wailii Goi-1 Mining Company's water ruco nt Wnikino. Constable Bovitu, stationed at Wnikino, tolographed to Sergeant Shcchau, Wailii, thai MeMiilnn, had boon mißsing from hi" borne at Wnikino since Hunday morning last. The messago also contained a personal description of tho missing man, na a guido to tho aorgonnt to discover if tho man was in Waihi, Another mtsHngo stated that tho decoiuod's hat lnul been I found ut 11 o'clock on Sunday morning on tho sido of tho water race, and that causful search had hetn instigated In the locality, which led to tho body being found lato yesterday aftornoon in thopontstockof tho water raco near the Wnikino buttery, Tho deceased was a native of Scotland, and about 40 yoats of ago. An inquest on tho body is being held to i day at Waikino.
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1063, 10 August 1904, Page 2
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162Drowning Case at Walking Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1063, 10 August 1904, Page 2
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