RECRUIT ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
IN A TROOP TRAIN. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Palmerston North, June 16. A 6ensat,ional incident occurred' oil the special troop train from Auckland to Wellington, when Archibald Thorns, belonging to the Thames, and a mem? J f L of , Auckland Reinforcements, attempted to commit suicido by cuttins his throat with a razor. Shortly after the train left Ohingaiti, another trooper asked Thomas f or a but, instead of producing a match-box, he pulled out a razor and slashed his throat in a most determined maimer, inflicting a severe wound. He was immediatelv seized. A, doctor boarded the train at Hunterville, and accompanied tht injured man. to tho I'alnjcrston Hos. pital.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2490, 17 June 1915, Page 6
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112RECRUIT ATTEMPTS SUICIDE Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2490, 17 June 1915, Page 6
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