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Temuka Leader, Issue 1576, 3 May 1887, Page 3

INTEUPROVINCIAL NEWS. As one of the girdera of the Crawford street (Dunedin) oterbridge was being raised by a crane, it fell, owing to the chains slipping, and struck a man named Thomas Hall on the head and back. He died at the Hospital on Sunday afternoon. He was aged 23 and was unmarried. The destruction of the Wellington Post Office will not inteifere with the establishment of the parcels post system. AH the documents were already in type and plans of hampers issued before the fjre. The foremen continued the wqrk. Qf clearing away the debris on Sunday, and the aleping back wall is now being removed. When the clearance is finished a thorough inspection will be made, and a scheme of reconstruction settled upon, Mr an Oamaru merchant, committed suicide by taking pruuie acid. He was found bj the office boy on- Monday morning quite dead on a tofa in the office. He leaves a wife, who ii near confinement, and eight children. It is supposed the cause was business troubles. His, life waa insured sjx ruqnth,B ago in the Government office, but as there is a rule of the offioe that in case of Buioide within 13 months the policy will not be paid, it is feared the family will get nothing. The Arawa tailed from Lvitelton for lon* don »t 11.90 ».m yesterday.