A SUICIDE.

Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 823, 23 February 1903, Page 1

A SUICIDE.

'(Per Press Association.)' Wanganui, last night. On Saturday afternoon, a man named Eli Salt, aged 53 years, and a farmer residing about 20 miles from Wanganui, committed suicide by jumping off the town bridge. Deceased was ill. At the inquest to-day a verdict of suicide while temporarily insane was returned.

The defeat of the Wanganui Garrison Band by Wellington at the recent contest has given rise to some very outspoken criticisms at Wanganui. The local Herald says“ There is a general feeling of great dissatisfaction about certain occurrences at the recent band contest at Mas-tert-on, and the only point about which there is anything like universal agreement is that the Wanganui Garrison Band fairly and squarely won both the test selections and the championship, in addition to the honors accredited to them in Other coin petitions, and that in some mysterious way they have been deprivod of their just rights. The wholo_ business is a sorry one, and leaves a stain on the fair fame of the North Island Brass Bands’ Association that will never be removed." It is a remarkable fact that few savages havo over been known to stammer. Tho atmosphere if compressed would make a sea 35 deep round the globe. The sudden deaths among men are eiedit times greater than those among women. The peat beds of tho German Empire are estimated to cover 4,482,000 acres. When tho Spanish discovered Venezuela they found the natives wearing pearls for ornaments, and the fisheries are still flourishing to-day. More than 400 boats are employed in the work. Half a ton of sawdust contains 161 b of charcoal* 1601 b of acids, 2481 b of water and 1621 b tar. Most largo rivers in Africa h°-' marked peculiarity, Thev furthest from thei l -" ..c a Since the ocean n- ■ . 0.0(1 Japan has built nearly ou.ooo elementary schools, providing room for 4,000,000 pupils, one-fourth of whom are girls. It is estimated that there are less than : 10,000 wild elephants left in all the countries of the globe and that five of these will be killed off where one is born. It is only a matter of a few years when the last one must go. The Inniskilling Dragoons, who arrived , at Southampton lately, have the dis- \ tinction of never having been off trek from I the first advance until the declaration of peace.