TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS.
Suicide.
j Napier, August 3. ] Sergeant Fox committed suicide t|Us I morning by swallowing half a pint of , carbolic acid. Ihj deceased had been drinking lately heavily and went home at j an early hour In a stite of intoxication. Fox had been Sergeant of the 14 h regii mant, and was decorated with the Crimean Turkish, and New -Zealand medals On retiring from the Service he was drill lostrnctor to the VclunfeefK He was afterwards appointed 1 depot master and lately was mmigr&tion officer and had charge of the Refoge under the Charitable Aid Board. Be leaves • widow and a numerous growr-up family. Fire. Christchurch. August 3. A farmhouse near Styx, belonglrg to John Dovls wi| burned dbwnl yesterday? Insurance ou the house, £125, on the furniture £35, in tie New Zealand office; The fire isauppesed to have been caused by a defective chimney. Shipping. Fort Chalmers, August 3. At heads, steamer lonic from Plymouth, via Capetown and Xlobai(, 1
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1305, 3 August 1886, Page 2
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163TO-DAY’S TELEGRAMS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1305, 3 August 1886, Page 2
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