DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1927, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) A SAD TRAGEDY. CHRISTCHURCH, Sept. 20. Wil.'iain Long, aged 42, a contractor, resident in Culverden, was found by his wife lying at the back of their residence with his throat cut, at two o’clock yesterday afternoon. He was then dead.

At the inquest to-day, a verdict was returned that the deceased committed suicide while in a state of deep depression. It was, stated that Long had been in bad health for some time. He leaves a widow and a family of seven.

-MISSION STEAMER HELD UP. AUCKLAND. Sept. 20. The small mission steamer Southern Cross did not leave Auckland this afternoon lor the mission stations in the South-west Pacific as was intended, owing to the vessel not having a wireless outfit and operators. The Marine Department had previously notified the Board of Missions, which controls tho Southern Cross, that she would have to be equipped with wireless, in accordance with the Imperial Act of 1919, which, the Department contended concerning steamers of this class. It was considered by the Board that as the vessel' i.s a unit of the Royal Yacht Squadron, and not a commercial trader, she would be exempt from the Act, and would be controlled by New Zealand laws. The Board is in communication with the Minister of Marine, and it is hoped that a settlement will be reached in time to allow the vessel to sail to-

morrow morning. AN UNIQUE CELEBRATION. GISBORNE, Sept. 21. An unique social event took place this afternoon in the form of a triple wedding, one being a golden, one a silver and the other an actual celebration of nuptials, the parties representing three generations. Air and Airs A. H. Wallis celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding, Air and Airs A. R. Watson, the hitter being the Wales’s daughter, celebrated their silver anniversary, and the Watson’s son was married. Visitors have been arriving from all parts of the dominion, the guests numbering 500.

CHILD KILLED. DA R,GAItYILLE. Sept. 21. A child named Jennie Simpson, aged 1.0, only daughter of David Simpson, sharemilker of Ruawai was killed last night at Ruawai. The girl was being given a lift in Smith, and Stansfield’s motor delivery wagon driven by B. Hackett and fell off, when the wheels went over her chest, killing her almost instantly.