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SUICIDE OF ELDERLY WOMAN. (By Telegraph—Dross Association). INVERCARGILL, May 0. An inquest touching the death of Malgaret Smith, whose body was found hanging in her home on Saturday, was lieltt to-day. The son of deceased stated that his mother had notj been in good health during the past eight or nine months, a bad fall having .'affected her nerves. 'She had com-; plained to witness of insomnia. The Coroner returned a verdict thalj deceased took her lffe while her mind was temporarily unbalanced. STOLEN OAR. 14 IN A COLLISION. : CHRISTCHURCH, May 6. , A stolen motor car, driven by Tj Hale, collided with another car on the Riecarton Road this evening, and, as a result, Halo is in the hospital, suf, forin g from injuries to the face and bead. It was a head-on collision, and both cars were severely damaged. The driver of the second car, Godfrey Hall, of liororata, was only slightly injured.’ The car driven by Hale was the pro) porty of H. Archer, of St. Albans and is believed to have been stolen irom Cambridge Terrace earlier this afternoon. MUNICIPAL ELECTION. \ CHRISTCHURCH, May 6. ; The count of votes under the system of proportional representation for thq election of the City Council is still nr completed but it should finish to-mor-row. At present eight Councillors have boon elected, five of them of the Citixeirt’ Association, and three of the ' Lnhdiir Party, :lmt, the distribution of their surpluses and of the votes of tho "eliminated candidates will probably make the City Council consist of eight Citizens’ Association members and seven Labour members, with Dr Thacker as the Independent, holding with the Labour Mayor, ,Mr Archer, tho balance of power. PAPAL DELEGATE. ' VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND. AUCKLAND, .May 0. Archbishop Cattanoo, the Papal Delegato to Australia and New Zen, land, arrived here by the liner Aorangi to-day. The Archbishop has been in Austra-t \ija for socle considerably time. Ilis, visit to New Zealand is purely of q private nature. j
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 May 1929, Page 3
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