SUICIDE
A DESPONDENT SECRETARY
(By Teiefj r iip~>i — i'rf*.s rttsociation.)
CHRISTCHURCH, Last .Night
Arthur Paterson, secretary to phe General Labourers' Union, committed, siiicido at the Trades Hail last night. He.stripped himself, -lay on the floor beside a gas ring with: the gas turned on,-and was found this morning dead. He left a note giving brief directions as to his affairs. He had been in very bad health and. despondent for twelve months.
THE INQUEST
GHBISTCHUBCH, Last Night
At the inquest on the body of Arthur Patersen a verdict was recorded that death was due to suffocation by gas, but there was no evidence as to the deceased's state of mind.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 30 November 1912, Page 5
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110SUICIDE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 30 November 1912, Page 5
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