ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES .
o (per press association.) TIMARU, Dec. 26, A shepherd named Thomas D. Sheath was drowned while bathing in a waterhole in Pareora river. His body was recovered. He was unmarried, and it is believed he has no relatives in the •olony. DUNEDIN, Dec. 26. At the Police Court yesterday William Drinkwater was charged with attempting to commit suicide on Satur day morning. It appears that he had been drinking very heavily of late, and while in a fit of delirium tremens tried to cut his throat with a razor. His wound, however was only skin deep. Ho was remanded.
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 977, 29 December 1882, Page 4
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