TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 4 September 1918, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

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A SUICIDE. MARION, Sept. 2. A farmer named Frank Poppe, aged 34, out his throat on Saturday afternoon. He leaves a widow and four children. At the inquest, a verdict of suicide due to mental depression, through alcoholic indulgence, was returned. - CASUALTIES. AUCKLAND, Sept. 2. Herbert Edward Taylor, aged 49, who was imprisoned for assaulting his wife stabbed himself in the chest with aplasterer's trowel. The wound was attended to, and as the man was found to be suffering from mania, he was removed to tlio mental hospital where he died. The body of Phillip A. E. Sydney, aged 19, was found in the Manakau JTarbour. It is believed that the deceased was a farm labourer. He, had been missing since August 22. WESTPORT, Sept. 2. j An apprentice, Charles Levy, was tangled in the belting at Riley’s foundry to-day, and had a miraculous escape from death. WAR REGULATIONS. WELLINGTON, This Day. A War Regulations have been gazetted making provision for tho closing of hotels in ports of arrival on days when men return from the front. The regulation goes a little further than this For it empowers the authorities to closo hotels when there conies into port any ship carrying troops. FATALITES. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day The woman, whose body was found on Sunnier beach yesterday morning, has been identified as that of Mrs Ellen Harriet Wilson, n widow with five children. She had been in a despondent mood lately and was missing from her home since Monday morning. A man. Frederick William Faulkner, was knocked down by a tram-car last night and sustained serious injuries to his head. He died in the Hospital early this morning. SEDITIOUS UTTERANCE CHARGE. .WAIROA, This Day. At the S.M.. Court to-day the local Bar rendered a welcome to the new S.M Mr 'Barron ,who replied in suitable terms. A farmer named T. Romley, charged with publishing in the bar of AVairon Hotel, a seditions statement to wit—-“I hope the Huns will come.here and beat you and Massey crowd. The Hun would make as good bosses as Humphrey Bayloy.” Owing to the illness of defendant’s counsel tho case was adjourned for a month on payment of Cloo, which was done. 1 A FATALITY. j CHRISTCHURCH, This Day j A farmer named George McClure, aged 60, was killed at Invell to-day by a tree falling on bis motor car. Ilis sou, who was driving, was rendered unconscious. A daughter and granddaughter in the back scat were uninjured. BYE-LAW DECISION. NEW PLYMOUTH, This Day The Chief Justice has given a judgment which concerns all boroughs in Now Zealand respecting lights on vehicles. In the Magistrate’s Court recently, a defendant was charged under a Borough bye-law with driving a vehicle in the streets of New Plymouth between sunset/ and sunrise without proper lijzh'ts. The .Magistrate ruled tho bye-la wa were involved and could not over-ride tho statutory laws of 1900. The Borough Council appealed and the Chief Justice upheld the appeal, ruling the, bye-law was reasonable and valid.