A MAN HANGS HIMSELF

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 21 August 1916, Page 5

A MAN HANGS HIMSELF

HBE AT AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, Tins Day. William Joseph. Greenwood, farmer, at Mount "Wellington, banged himself by a strap from a window. He had boon depressed- for some, tiiae. E. Franeis.' bed factory at Ponsonby was destroyed by fire early this morning. The hiss is estimated at £6OO, partly covered by insurance.

! HIGHER WAGES WANTED. I (Received 9.20) LONDON, August 20. Sir G. Ask with is hearing a deputation representing all shipyard workers, who are asking for advances for boilermakers of 6/- weekly and 15 per cent, piecework. Allied trades are ask- | ingi for 15 per cent all round. I AMERICAN CATHOLIC CONVENTION. THE BIGGEST IN HISTORY. THREE CARDINALS PRESENT. TWENTY THOUSAND DELEGATES. (Received 9.20) NEW YORK, August 20. The largest Catholic Convention in the history of the United States oppn ed on Sunday, when the Pope's blessing was read. There are 20,000 delegates and three American Cardinals, Farley, Gibbons and O'Connell present. A TAIHAPE LAD'S LETTER. . FROM 'SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE." A letter was recently received by Mr (White, of Taihape, from his son, Thos. F. .White, who left with the 11th Reinforcements, and who now writes from France. Mr White was in the Railway Department when he enlisted. Among other things he says in his letter: "We have got this far. I landed first in Egiypt, but was only there two weeks: quite long enough, the heat was terrible, glad to get out of it. We landed in France at Marseilles. We wore our lifebelts continuously on the voyage, except when we were in bed. Our ship zig-zagged across to avoid the German 'tin fish. ' They put down a ship that was two days ahead of us. From Marseilles we had a long train journey, and a good view of the country: women were doing most of the work. There are many different kina s of trains here. It is a beautiful coun-

try: by the way, we were supposed to call at the place where you were born, but we didn't. Where we are camped is not a great distance from the firing line, and we go into the trenches at any time. A week before we arrived a Zeppelin flew over and dropped two or three bombs, doing no damagp. I want you to send me all the news you can: you do not know how welcome a letter from home is. My health has been good so far. One of the Vernan boys i s in our camp. He has been in hospital in Egypt, and when he came out he was drafted into our lot. I heard his name called out, that is how I found him: we had a great talk."