TELEGRAMS

Hokitika Guardian, 12 January 1922, Page 4

TELEGRAMS

[BV TELEOIIABiI—IV.R ?UKBB ASSOCIATION ] POISON ANT) A RAZOR. MAORI ATTEMPTS’ SUICIDE. PA'lillOA, January 11. A young Maori named lluke Royal, late of Thames, nttempted suicide by cutting his throat with a razor in a Maori section beyond the Te Aroha Bridge, near Paeroa. Shortly before committing the deed he called on his sister, who is employed at Dr Smith s residence, and informed her that he was going to do away with himself. He had a box of poison, which he opened in her presence, and placed some of the paste in a piece of bread. The girl watched her opportunity and succeeded in knocking the bread from his hands on to the floor. He immediately put his hand in his pocket and drew out a paper containing a will, also some £3 or £4 and a little silver saying. -‘These are for you. “Goodbye; this is the last.” He immediately left, and the young lady immediately communicated with Constable McClinchy who went in all haste in search of him. When he saw the constables approaching he drew the razor across his throat and fell to the ground. The constable, with the assistance of Mrs Little, rendered first aid by stopping the bleeding and bandaging the wound As both doctors were absent from the town at the time, the sufferer waa conveyed by motor to the Waihi Hospital by Constable McClinchy. The young man’s parents reside at Thames.

NAPIER WOOL SALE. NAPIER, Jan. 11. The second wool sale of the season here was held to-day. Bidding, from a large bench of buyers, representative of all sections of the trade, was brisk throughout, and 90 per cent of the catalogue of 20,000 bales was sold under the hammer. Prices generally showed an improvement. There was an advance of Jd per lb hi coarse ; Id medium, and lid super Romney. Tlie range of prices was: Fine halfbred, average 1 9id to I2fd; medium half-bred inferior 8d to 9d; coarser half

bred average 9Jd to SJd; Bm crossbred* super B*d to 9Hi ; average /Jd to inferior 6d to 7d, medium crossbred, super 7id to Bid, average 6d to 7id, inferior 4Jd to ff*d, coarse crossbred super 53d to 7d, average 4 ; {d to s id, inferior 3}d to 43d, low crossbred, super 4id to 5Jd, average 4id, mfermr 3d to 4d ; hoggets, super Bid to M, medium to good, 23d to 4d, inferior to lambs, super (46 — A 8) 12Jd to ’ medium (47-48) Bid- to super (44—46) bid to B£d, super (40—44) 6,d to 7)d, seedy and inferior 3d to 4.U . Bellies and pieces (crossbreds) good to super 4d to sid; crossbred, low to medium 2d to 3id; crutchings, medium to good, 2fd to 4d; inferior to seedy, no bid to 2d, locks, crossbreds Id to lid.