Accidents, Offences, &c.
—. (Per Press Association.) Dunedin, November 3. Harry Hird, a well-known bootmaker, hanged himself on Saturday morning. For some time past his affairs have not been prospering, and he has been drinking heavily, by which he was brought into a low slate of mind. Wellington, November 3. The steamer Go-ahead, coming out of Wanganui on Friday night, struck on a snag or boulder, and carried away her rudder and stern post. A jury rudder was rigged, and she came on here. Christchurch, November 3. A lad named Radcliffe tried to walk on the mooring lines of the Doric, when lying at the wharf, and fell into the water. He was rescued, with difficulty, by 7a man named McDowel, who sprang in with his clothes on. Mr. Justice Johnston has granted a writ of Habaus corpus, with a view of deciding on the legality of the confinement in Lyttelton gaol o f M’Cartny, the sailor of the H. J. Libby* accused of stabbing the captain. The writ is returnable on Wednesday next.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 276, 3 November 1884, Page 2
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173Accidents, Offences, &c. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 276, 3 November 1884, Page 2
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