OTAGO DRAFT FOR TRENTHAM
—♦ By Telejraph.—Press Association. "unedin, May 2(1. The Otago draft of the Thirtieth J(einforcements left Ounodiii to-day for Trentham. Owing to ihe floods in Southland the Milton men were unable to travel up; consequertly only the Diincdiu group left, nnmbm'inp; 120. ■; Snid to be a member of tlie .Tezreelilcs (the sect that believed the end of the world was at hand and built Jezreel's Tower at Chatham as a sanctuary tor the faithful), a verdict of death from self-imposed starvation was returned at the inquest at Ashford (England) on a labourer, Kichaid Sliilliue, who died m the iniirmaiy. His hair, it was stated, fell to liis feet. He had refused to cat any food since February 2-1, as lie l>e-' lieved that the Archangel Michael had forbidden it. TV.. Ha.na,wa,t.u Rrazini; nnd tulli-nins farms a.ro adynriiswi for «alo by Messrs. Parker and .Vincent, Loviu.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3097, 30 May 1917, Page 5
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147OTAGO DRAFT FOR TRENTHAM Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3097, 30 May 1917, Page 5
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