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Otago Witness, Issue 2813, 12 February 1908, Page 3

PUBLIC NOTICES. ■ "?. gar- miiE Ti ble of cooten^s ■^^ ± of this Issue will fte found on TaffO 42 * ; THE AUCKLAND BUKXIX6 CASE. '» - * i A WOMAN'S AGONY « (From Ovk Own Correspondent.) AUCKLAND, February" *.. An inquest was held at the hospital yesterday on the body of Mrs Eliza Blaolc, who died there" o,n Sunday morning itonh the effects of severe burns received id^her house through' her clothes catching fire 'th« previous night. The inquiry was conducted by Mr A. R. Harris, coroner, -*Sti-tion-sergeant Hendry representing .the police. • ' ' John M. Black, the husband of the da* ceased, said his .wife was. 33 years ofj&g^v, ■end there was no family. On Saturday; evening he returned home about 11 p.m> Sergeant Henok-y r Were you drunltt^ Witness said he had had three glasa'es <5f beer during the evening, but he wa£ no<J drunk. When ho reached home lie knocked and called " Eliza." and his wife opened the door a-nd he went inside. There^ was a lighted kerosene lamp on the table/wfcicb) «as spread ready for supper, It was sh^ky, and when witness put his hand on the'tablp , Ihe lamp fell to the floor and smashed, j v ith the result that the tablecloth caug'ji fire. He managed to put this out. arid "his wife tried to mop up the kerosene "on -the floor with an apron which she had in .ncr hand. He did not remember whether she had another lig-ht. Suddenly: oiT turning 'round, he saw that •daceasecPi"' clothes were on fire, and tried to tear them ,ofE her, rushing her meanwhile into the" yarc?, where he threw water over her. Deceased screamed and two young men came vaS ctore the rest of the burning garments from her. He had lived happily with his^tjfe 1 . It did not strike him that the besjL'pj&n would have been to smother the -ijames with a blanket He lost his presence' 1 of niind. ,_ \ Dr Gore Gillon stated that when he saw deceased at the house after the accident 'she was terribly burnt about the bodj£ -and arms. He applied the usual remedies, an<} ordered her removal to tlie hospital: 1 " 'Before this deceased made a very luord'statement of the occurrence, which waa-tio the effect that by gome means the kerlosehe. lamp was knocked off the table -to --the floor and extinguished. Then, acceding to the story told by deceased, she tjgktea «. candle and commenced to wipe up, tho fjoor with the apron she was wearing' .^nd suddenly ' she found she was surrounded by flames and her clothes on fire. ness at that time thought the case wad hornless. . .j. Dr Aitken, senior residpnt surgeon at' the hospital, said that death wae due to shook from burning. _ Deceased rallied a little on admission, but relapsed into vra> consciousness almost immediately. Charlee Abbott, who, in company with! Sydney Hickin, ran ever to Black'sJhouse on hearing a woman screaming, said that [ when he reached the place he saw ..the fire in ihe housp and tried to stamp •'it out. The screaming continued and he went throxigh to the yard, where the, deefcasei was. standing np with her clothes on fire. Hickin assisted him to tpar the burning garments off her, and witness wont .through' to a bedroom and got a blanket- to -wrap deceased in. By this time Dr Gillon bad arrived. When he -first went there ho found Black runnine ta and fro with water trvinjr to extinguish the flames. He wai very exited at Hie. time. Sergeant M'Phee said that deceased, when makine her statement, did not blara? anyone. Black himself was very excited! and under the influence of liquor, and at the time was unable to give any explanation as to how the accident occurred. < A verdict of accidental death was returned, the jury exprp=<iinp - the opinion thai; those at the fire rendered every assistance in their power. GOYERMEXT AnYERTISIITG. SUPERVISOR TO BE APPOINTED;. WELLINGTON. February 6. The Government has decided to appoint an officer whose duty it will be (acting. ,of course, under one of the Ministers) to deal with the question of Government advertieinjr. ' In explanation of this decision of the Government, the Hon. Dr 'Fiudlay, Attor-ney-general, said to-day: "The Government believes that, considering the larfjo sum which is being ''pent by this country in advertising, that the advertising should be systcmaticallv controlled by one department, and should Drocecd upon defined -and) regular lines. With that view the Government has decided to nlace under the Control of one of the existing departments "pf tho public service the Government adVerti^ing of tho Dominion. It is hoped that' in ,this way considerable economy will, b<P effected, and any possible dieeatisfacUin with the existing system will be obviated*' The British Postmat>ter-general announces a change in the, colour of the three-half-penny embossed postage stamps because the old colour — yellow — is not readily distinuishable by artificial light. It will b© of a purple shade, rather deeper in tone tbMH the sixpenny adhesive stomp.