TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 December 1922, Page 4

TELEGRAMS.

BV TELEGRAPH-—PRESS ASSN., COI* .’lllOlll. j FOUND HANGING. CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 1«. ’ Edward Grange Quartermain, aged 0(3, whose wife died sonic months ago, ! was foiind hanging to a bedpost at his j residence at 29, Smith St., Kiccarton. | While employed as an engine cleaner he had both legs cut olf above the knees \ hv a shunting engine, and latterly his legs had troubled him. j REQUEST BY AIR HOLLAND. | GREYAIOUTH, Dec 18. ! Air Holland (leader of the I’arlinmentary Labour Party) yesterday telegraphed to the Prime .Minister, urging . in view of the clearly expressed wish of the electors, that Government an- j nounco there will ho no further out in public servants’ wages. i TRADE IN ‘'.SQUARE-,’RIGGERS.” AV7ELLINGTOX, Dec 10. •koines Condon and James APArtlmr were fined 40s for illegally dealing in licjttor; Robert AYhitburn was fined i £ls for aiding in the sale of liquor; and Janies Martin was lined £2O jor selling beer without a license. Ihe

proceedings followed a raid as the result of the police discovery of a tradein “square riggers” at 8s each, conducted in a, stable m Frederick Street. 1 DEATH OF REV. R, S. GRAY WELLINGTON, Dec. 18. Rev. R. S. Gray (President of the New Zealand Alliance), died suddenly on Saturday from a heart attack. Three years ago he had a nervous breakdown from which he never fully recovered. He leaves a widow, one daughter and four sons. i INFANT’S BODY FOUND. WELLINGTON, December 18. The decomposed body of an infant a few weeks old, was found buried in the sand hill at Lyall Bay.