MISCELLANEOUS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3721, 27 October 1906, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

Quite a sensation was caused in Patea recently by the circulation of a report that a man had beenToiind dead in one of the back streets. It appears that some residents of the locality had noticed a man lying in a paddock off the road. The attention of a passer-by was attracted, and he, thinking that the man was dead, sent for the police and doctor. Constable O’Brien, who, was in Hawera, was telephoned to, and issued instructions that the body was not to be touched until his return. Meanwhile a small crowd had assembled near the spot, and all kinds of conjectures were volunteered. At last the docter, in company with a representative of the legal profession and an undertaker, appeared on tjhe scene. Just then 1 the ‘‘corpse” was observed to ! scratch his head, and immediately afterwards sitting up asked the dumbfounded gathering what was the matter that they could 'not let a “ bloke ’ ’ sleep. The information that he was dead invoked a r&hionstrahce that ufas characterised more by vigour than b£, elegance of language.;, The newspaper Novpe Vteinya * * describes the Anglo-Russian in OohnectiOn .with Persia as a general entente of the two Empires to checkmate Germany’s designs, especially as regards the Baghdad railway-

The body of a married woman named Euphemia Dempsey, about fifty years of age, was found on the beach at Efskine Point, Lyttelton, at 6.45 a.m. yesterday. Mrs Dempsey, who lives by hetselfin Jackson’s road, Lyttelton,' had been missing since Shuday morning. 'An inquest operied yesterday and adjourned till October 30th The London Tribune reports that the steamer' Xema visited the .diamond islandlbefore arriving at Capetown. Nothing valuable was discovered.