AN AFGHAN'S SUICIDE.
BUILDS HIS OWN FUNERAL PYRE. Received 22,5 4 p.m. .Sydney, April 22. An Afghan who called for food at Raeburn station iu the Goulburn district remarked " I want to die, I think the policeman want me." He then wont away for some distance and built a huge fire. With the aid of a long pole he vaulted into the midst of the flames and perished.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8091, 23 April 1906, Page 3
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68AN AFGHAN'S SUICIDE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8091, 23 April 1906, Page 3
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