DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4, 2 May 1912, Page 7

DOMINION NEWS.

OPor Press AssocKtian ) Dunedin, May 1. Sydney Charles Rees, -10, married, living at Church Street, North-East Valley, committed suicide yesterday. His daughter states that he had been acting strangely of late. He loft her for a minute and almost at once she heard a gunshot and found him shot through!' the heart. Wangamii, May 1. A young man named Sinclair was accidentally shot in the leg this morning while duck-shooting and was convoyed to the hospital. His injuries are not thought to be serious. Auckland, May 1. ' Burglars entered the premises of Langguth and Co. and Bond and Bell on Monday night. At Langguth's an unsuccessful attempt to burst an iron safe with gelignite was made. In neither ease was anything of great value taken. Well'ngton, May 1. The Magistrate to-day dismissed the case in which Joseph Daniel O'Neill was charged with causing actual bodily harm to Henry Herman, rather better known as Sandow, a professional wrestler and box{v. The affray took place in a hotel. The evidence showed that Sandow annoyed accused, that several blows wore shuck, and that Srmdow bit one of O'Neill's lingers. O'Neill had a nail file in his other hand at the time, and in his pain forgot he was so armed, and struck Sandow again, inflicting injuries which were described as slight.