NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1634, 28 December 1912, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By Tclograph.—Press AsMoiation.j «_ • PATHETIC OCCURRENCE. ; Wanganui, December 27. A man named Chas. John Denny, aged about 42, met his death early this morning ' '. under sad ahd strange circumstances. He had Tented a room in a boardinghouse in i Wilson Street, and lately , lie hid been un- ' well,- but refused advice to go to. the hos- , pital. Last night, being probably in a -| high fever, he had a bath, but a fellow j boarder carried him back to . bed Later lis I got out of bed and Walked, off the veran- ; dah roof, sustaining injuries from which he died in the hospital. \ Deceased had served in the South African war, where he was wounded, and for : which service he was in receipt of a peii- } sion. His body was very emaciated. It. ' is not known whether lie has any rela- I tives in New Zealand. A letter from a j brother in Paris was found among hi/ j effects. ' ' . '•] I ■ i -I OLD MAN DROWNED. j Chrlstchurch, December 27. i The body of John Clifford, an old ago ; pensioner,. residing at Halswell, was' j found in the Halswell Eiver at 6.30 o'clock ] this morning. At the inquest Henry, ; M'Elroy, farmer, and Owen M'Gough, a' '{ labourer, gave ' evidence that they • had - \ seen the deceased on Thursday evenings i Jos. M'Guire 6aid he foiind "the body; 1 lying in the river at 6.80 o'clock on Frij ■ day morning.' Owen M'Goiigh, 6en.-, "j stated that -there .was a billy near tHs -j man's headl and he had evidently fallen in while water to make tea. The | coroner returned a verdict of accidental' • drowning. j A MYSTERY CLEARED UP. ' ' Dunedin, December 27. . ' Investigations show ' practically beyond j a doubt that the body found near the '- . j Northern Cemetery yesterday is that of j Charles B. Jarman, who was a clerk in. • the Government Shipping Office, and who | disappeared oh.December 3. A handker- i chief found on the.body has the initials : "C.8.J.," and the. body corresponds ex- < actly with that of Jarman, so far as i height, etc., are concerned. When Jarman was last seen ho was walking m t the direction of the Northern Cemetery.- ~ Some writing found in the clothes has been identified as that of tho missing : man. The inquest on the body was . opened this morning, before the. above, par- ; ticulars came to light, but it was journed. ,

PTOMAINE POISONING CASES.

Dunedin, December 11. Two children named Rutherford, S girl aged 6i years and a boy aged 5 years, fesiding in King Edwkrcl Street, became scriousfy ill this morning, and had to bo removed to the hospital to-niglit, suffering from ptomaine poisoning, inera are slight liopcs of their recovery, but their condition is very critical.

DIVING IN SHALLOWS. , | . Auckland, December 27. ' | 1' native named Joseph W.- H. Smiffi whose parents reside at Gisborne, dived ! oft a. boat arid struck the .sand, injuring. . liia spine. Very little hope is held ouv .. for his recovery.

SUICIDE AT DUNBACK,

Ounedin, December 27. ' Fred Farquharson, married, aged 3S ; years, shot hiinself yesterday at Dunhack. He placed the muzzlo. or a j breech-loader in his mouth, discharging it with ft piece of string attached to . his foot and tho trigger. |

ITALIAN PRISONER'S BOLT.

Rotorua, Dscember 27, i Albert Durant, a native ,of Italy, scrv« j Ing threo years' reformatory treatment : at the Waipi tree-planting camp, cscaped from onstody at 5 o'clock on Christmas j Day. Ho was recaptured after eighteen. j liours' liberty, and to-day the Magistrate . : (Sir. Dyer) s-entcneed him to two years' ; .imprisonment, with hard labour. j FIREMEN DELAY TE ANAU. Nelsorii December 27. Tho steamer To Anau, for Wellington, j waa delayed for a quarter of an hour i this morning oaring, it is alleged,.to her -j firomen boing'ashore tho worse for liquor i SUDDEN DEATH. I Auckland, December 27. •" i Mrs.-. Langton, a married woman, drop. i ped dead while, walking to her homo at ! Dovonport. J