DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 11 October 1929, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

A SUICIDE. [By Telegraph, Per Press Association.}' GORE, October 11. ; Alexander Haugh, single, aged 50,! suicided at Orookston this morning l by taking strychnine. Deceased had been in ill health for some time. TYPHOID FEVER,

CHRISTCHURCH, October 11

During the last fortnight an outbreak of typhoid has occurred in Christchurch. Six cases, two of them fatal, have been reportedly’ln one case, which ended fatally, a patient ate tainted oysters. Exhaustive inquiries are being made.

A SUICIDE. WOODVILLE, October 11. Peter Oi’Brien, agred 44, married, with a family of three, a mercer of Tauranga, committed suicide at Kumeroa yesterday by cutting his throat with a razor. He had been‘ill for some time and was on a health recruiting visit to his wife’s relatives at Kumeroa. He left the house in tho morning and as he did not return a. search was made, and he was found, in the afternoon in a paddock some distance from the house quite dead, with a razor by his side.

FIRE DAMAGE. CHRTSTCHUPiCH, October 11. In connection with the fire n.t the Star Stores in High Street last evening, it was discovered this morning that the shop next door, of .Jones Brothers, cycle deniWrsj had been broken into and a good deal of - wilful damage done, though nothing was stolen.

The damage by the fire to the Star Stores is .estimated at £SOO.

COOK CELEBRATIONS. GISBORNE, October 11. , The Cook memorial celebration was held yesterday. A number of wreaths (from public bodies were deposited at, the memorial on the site where tain Cook made his first landing in; New Zealand, iincludng one from the Royal Empire Society. ' i An address was, delivered by Rev. 1 Geo. Frost, wfio recently visited Cook’s birthplace at Marton, England.

INQUEST VERDICT. WAIMATE, October 11. At, an inquest before Coroner George, Dash, concerning Mrs P. D. Leahy who fell from an express train near St. Andrews on October sth, the dence showed deceased had felt- sick, and had gone out on to the platform| for .fresh air. The platform gates were] closed previously but when approach-; ing St. Andrews, Mrs Leahy was seen: leaning out with her handkerchief to. her mouth. Presumably she opened the gate to be sick clear of the train, and as 9he had been suffering from faint turns recently, apparently she tainted fust past St. Andrews, falling out on to her head, fracturing he{r skull apd dying within a: minutes of the arrival of a station officer, A verdict of accidentally killed through falling from a train was returned. V .

COLLISION FATALITY, DUNEDIN, Oct. 11. As a result of a collision between a motor car and motor cycle at 11 last evening in the city, Ernest Paul Ayres, 34. a widower, a labourer, died in the hospital this morning. Deceased was riding pillion on the cycle which crashed into a taxicar driven by William Tilburn.

ALLEGED THEFT. CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 11. Two young men were driven to the police station by the traffic inspector last evening in a five seater car alleged to hai r e been stolen. A detective who sat in a rear seat, carried a repeating riue whi.h it is stated was discovered loaded in tne car. As a sequel, in Court to-day, Francis Xavier Toohill, aged 19, and Arthur .jeorp-e Conghlan, aged 19, were remanded till to-morrow on a charge of unlawful conversion of a car valued at £350.

OLD PIONEER PASSES. HAMILTON, October HI. The oldest inhabitant, Mrs Elizabeth Munro, aged 94, died to-day and is believed to be the. last remaining adult tpioneer to land in Hamilton (by the old Gunboat sixtyfive years ago. Born in England she' arrived in Australia in the early forties with her aunf,. After residing in New Zealand she returned to Australia for a period of the ’eighties. She witnessed the capture of Ned Kelly. Deceased claimed to be closely related to Anthony Hordern of Sydney. She had her full faculties to the end. Her father lived to 98 and her mother to 96. She is survived bv six children.

THE AIRMEN. WELLINGTON, October 11. Although the Auckland airmen paid an early visit to the aerodrome at 6.30, to ascertain if it would 'be possible to commence the homeward journey, the wind proved much too strong. Had the machines been taken out of the hangar they would have been blown over.

According to Dr Kidson’s latest report, flying conditions should be very good to-morrow If the conditions are favourable tile airmen intend to take off at seven o’clock for Masterton.