THE WELLINGTON DROWNING CASE.
THE INQUEST
[Per Press Association.]
WELLINGTON, March 29. At the inquest on James Fleming, who was- lost from the steamer Maori in Wellington Harbor yesterday, the evidence showed that deceased was a single man, aged 34, employed as a clerk by the Bank of New Zealand. Ho was under transfer to Wellington, where he should have reported himself on March 20th, but had not done so. It was stated "that deceased was under the influence of liquor when he joined the Maori at Lyttelton. A draft and two bank slips found on the deceased -should not have been in his possession, unless they were duplicates. It u.is not known if the deceased’s books were correct. Dr. McArthur, S.M., found that the deceased came to Ins death through drowning by falling from the Maori, and that everything possib.o had been, done to rescue 'him.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2463, 30 March 1909, Page 5
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147THE WELLINGTON DROWNING CASE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2463, 30 March 1909, Page 5
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