TELEGRAMS

Hokitika Guardian, 24 November 1920, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

N) (.run PRESS ASSOCIATION.— .COPYRIGHT." OUT. HIS THROAT. BLENHEIM, November 24. Donald Boyle, married, the travellin it representative of a Wellington newsi- paper, attempted to commit suicide a o Grovetown, two miles from Blenheim b by cutting bis throat with a razo r a He was removed to hospital and wil probably recover. \ j FALSE PRETENCES. AUCKLAND, Nov. 24. c Christina Kate McDonald, who posel r in Auckland as the daughter of a New York diamond merchant, pleaded guilty at the Supreme Court, to obtaining money by false pretences with intent to defraud. The sum involved totals £136. The Chief Justice said the case i was remarkable from the account of her doings. She did not appeare to be a sane person. He remanded her till Saturday for examination by a medical expert. 1 NOT PROHIBITED. AUCKLAND, Nov. 24. The Canadian Trade Commissioner in reply to a query has received a. reply from the-. Canadian Government that I the importation of hides and sheepskins from New Zealand to Canada will not 1 jbo prohibited if accompanied by the asual certificate. , '

FOUND SHOT. j ROTORUA, November 24. Hipnry Aspden, aged about 40, was found shot through the heart in his room at Mamnku yesterday evening.A pea rifle was lying on the floor. He had been in bad health for a consider- : able time and underwent an operation i for internal tumour. He conducted a picture show at Mamaku. He leave?! a widow and three ehidren.