DUNEDIN.
This day. % Arrived : Superior, barque, and Gazelle, from the Mauritius. . Peter Sherwiri, for many years a prominent figure, in municipal politics^ died suddenly to-day. At an inquest held on the body of Win. Johnston, the evidence showed that the deceased was in a very depressed state of mind, consequent on his inability to obtain employment, aad he was.indebted to the Postal Department for £2 15s for stamps, and could not pay the amount. The verdict :waß" Suicide* by strychnine, while temporarily insane."
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4647, 26 November 1883, Page 2
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83DUNEDIN. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4647, 26 November 1883, Page 2
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