DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 January 1929, Page 6

DOMINION ITEMS.

two toi.v;

FRUSTR ATE ATTEMPT AT

SUICIDE

(By Telegraph—Press Association)

AUCKLAND, January 26

flow two wayward coins saved a life was related in the Police Court to-day when Thomas James Catran, a middleaged butcher, of Otalmliu, admitted attempting suicide on January 19th. Sub-Inspector .McCarthy said that Catran, who' had recently been depressed, left a note stating that he was going to take his life. He placed two shillings in a meter and waited for the gas to suffocate him. The coins, however, jammed, and Catran reported the matter to the police. He now felt better, and relatives have agreed to look after him. Catran was convicted and discharged on condition that be took out a prohibition order. NAVY LEAGUE. AUCKLAND. Jan. 28. In a speech at the opening of the conference of the New Zealand Na\y League, John Alexander. 0.A1.G., expressed satisfaction that the activities of the Royal Naval Reserve had been extended. ‘ He said that and the kintired matter of the formation of Sea Scouts should receive the hearty support of every thinking citizen. He had read that of the total cost of upkeep of the Navy almost ninety per cent goes in wages and pensions. If this was so and he believed it was, it did not seem like enormous payments which actually go right out of our Empire, to pay war debts or interest on them. If more money be expended on creation and upkeep of an all important navy, it would relieve the unemployment trouble. It- was not a question of whether we could afford a navy, but we can’t- afford to be without an all sufficient navy. ZAXE GREY’S CAMP. THAMES, January 26. Yesterday Captain Mitchell succeeded in establishing the 'fact that ti.outcould be caught in the streams on Great Mercury Island. Zane Grey s camp is one of the prettiest spots e\ei seen. AYlien interviewed by a Press representative he stated that be was satisfied that Al.ercury Bay was the finest fishing ground in the world. He considered that he had every chance of heating last year’s record of 66 game fish. In connexion with the trout at Great Mercury Island, it is not yet definitely established what species they belong to, hut lie suspects that they are English salmon trout. A number were liberated about forty years ago, and. never since seen.