Suicide. —lnformation reached tovn on Wednesday last that a man named Benstead, generally known by the name of “Chips,” had destroyed himselfbycuttinghisthroatwith a tomahawk,onthestation of Mr. M’Lean, at Maraekakaho. It is stated that deceased was addicted to drinking, and that ho committed the fatal act whilst in a state of delirium tremens.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume III, Issue 147, 6 November 1863, Page 2
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52Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Hawke's Bay Times, Volume III, Issue 147, 6 November 1863, Page 2
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