TELEGRAPHIC.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 822, 5 April 1910, Page 3

TELEGRAPHIC.

Blenheim, April 4,

A shooting accident occurred this morning at Waihopai, twelve miles from Blenheim. Fred Farmer, 13, sou of a well-known Blenheim merchant, was shot in the groin by a young man named Norman James. The facts so far available show that James was loading the weapon when it went off. Farmer, whose injury was serious, was brought to the Blenheim Hospital. Invercargill, April 4.

Owing to the increased activity in the frozen meat export trade and the shortage of shipping due to the temporary withdrawal of the Kaipara and Papanui from the service, the Southland Frozen Meat and Fxport Company are closing down both works against rabbits from Saturday to the end of the mouth. The Ocean Beach Works also contemplate closing for the mouth of April . Notwithstanding that the works were closed against rabbits from Thursday to Wednesday during Faster, thirty thousand crates equal to 780,000 rabbits were received at Mataura, Bluff and Ocean Beach Freezing Works. It is anticipated that rabbits will be received again on May Ist. Auckland, April 3.

The Thames police received information that a man, McLennan, residing at Niuesville, cut his throat. It is believed the main artery is intact- A gang of men are bringing McLennan toThames. The road is very rough and the journey long and arduous. Christchurch, April 3.

An inquest opened to-day on a man, at present unidentified, whose body was found oartially embedded in the sand in the W'aimakariri river bed, about seven miles from Yaldhurst. The body was found lying on a bank about 20 yards from the channel, and had evidently been brought down by a fresh in the river, and appeared to have been six weeks dead. The coroner ordered a thorough post-mortem examination in order to see if there were any marks on the body to lead to identification. Christchurch, April 3. Mary Brown, an ex-inmate of Te Oranga Home, was admitted to the Hospital to-day at 3.20 p.ra., and died at 4.5 p.m. She came from Waikari, and the circumstances surrounding her death are understood to be such as to necessitate an inquest. It is alleged that the girl had taken matchheads. Christchurch, April 4. At the inquest on Mary Brown, ex-inmate of Te Oranga Home, who died at che hospital yesterday twenty minutes after admission, the evidence of Drs. Crooke and Short, of the hospital, was that the post-mortem examination showed that the cause of death was phosphorous poisoning. A verdict was returned that deceased committed suicide by swallowing a solution of matches whilst in an unsound state of mind. The only explanation advanced was that on one occasion the matron was alleged to have told the girl that she would not be able to see her sou when he was 21 years of age.