LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 January 1924, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

The auction sale of furniture by Messrs Jelfries and Co., takes plate on .Monday next at 2.30 p.m.

AYe regret to record the death M a former well-known Ross resident, Mrs J. H. Currie passing away at Christchurch yesterday. The deceased was the widow of the late Air Currie, a well-known and highly respected resident of the southern township and tor several periods its Mayor. Mrs Curtte Wits well-known throughout the .district. «ho leaves two daughters (Miss Kate Currie in the North Island, and Mrs V H. Caulfield of Christchurch), ami suns. William (Gteynioulhl, and James in the North Island, one sou. Robert, being killed at Gallipoli, lhe funeral is taking place to Row terv to-morrow morning.

The adjourned inquest on the * M, d> of Miles Reilly, which was opened at (;revmotith ..n Tuesday, was resumed at the Magistrate's Court ,Ins nu.rni„„ by Coroner Meldrum. Mrs Morgan sent’., gave evidence ot the deceased having been a boavdet at m.i hotel, and Mrs Morgan jttnr.. that she had dressed the hand of the deceased, and that she had last seen him a 10.10 p.m. on the Friday. llutenus Atkinson gave evidence of having found clothes on the beach near Manama and reporting same to the point Sorgt. King pave evidence ot hating visited the Manamti beach and found ~ m on's clothes there, with hare footsteps leading to the water's edge and no trace of the owner, betters found in the clothes showed they belonged to Miles Reilly. He *‘,w the body found on Cameron’s Reach and identified it as that of Miles Reilly. Deceased was a quiet inoffensive sort ot man, a good steady worker He uu resided at the Masonic Hotel and had not returned there on the Friday ni.rht before the finding of the clothes nn~ the sea beach. The Codoner returned a verdict of found drowned.