NEW ZEALAND.
FPeb Times Special Wibe.l Sad SuicideAuckland, May 28. Capt. Wright, formerly consul at the Bay of Islands, suicided on Feb. 19 at Marshall Islands, shooting himself through the temple with a revolver. He had been in good health and spirits, and spoke cheerfully of going home to America. Wreck of ft Barque. The barque Hawaii, a labor vessel belonging to the Hawaiian Government, was wrecked at Tarawa, one of the KiugsWcll group. No lives were lost. Awkward Accident. Andrew Dillworth, a settler at Waiterekci, was thrown from his horse and had his nose completely smashed by the penetration of a stake. Hey I Presto! it is Gone. Haselmayer’s satchel, containing £2O, and jewellery, which was taken from the Theatre Royal last night, was recovered by the police an hour or two afterwards, from a woman who was at the Theatre, and who said that observing the satchel without an apparent owner, she took it to keep until claimed.
Happy EeeftonCheistchubch, May 18. Mr T. S. Weston finding he is on a Southland electoral roll, has now consented to become a candidate for the representation of Reefton in the General Assembly. The WeatherThe weather stiil continues unseasonably hot and dry.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2554, 28 May 1881, Page 3
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