THE FATAL FRACAS AT THE LAKES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1559, 14 December 1883, Page 2

THE FATAL FRACAS AT THE LAKES.

Dunedin, December 13. Tho inquest on the body of George Scott, of Lake County, resulted in the acquittal of his mato Thompson. It appears that the two had a drunken squabble, aud Scott died from injuries received, but Thompson was completely cleared of all suspicion of foul play. SINGULAR ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Auckland, Decemborl3. Mrs Mary Ann Wilson, attempted suicide by swallowing the heads of three boxes of matches diluted in water, and now lies in the hospital in a precarious condition. The medical authorities at the hospital are unable to state as yet whether Mrs Wilson will survive. Her husband is a plasterer or a bricklayer, who has not been long from Dimodin. The alleged cause of the attempt at solf-destruction is domestic unhappiness, arising out of drink.

Kuhaka, Friday. Burkeley Mursell, Guvernment Insurance agent, cut his throat at Dillmanstown last He was in a desponding state of mind owing to the illness of a child of whom ho was vety fond. Ho was brought to the hospital, his condition being very precarious.

A inquest was held on the body of Felix McCann yesterday afternoon. A verdict of accidental death was returned,

To the Editor. Sir,—ln your issue of yesterday, I find your Pahiatua correspondent trying his uninitiated hand at explaining the meaning of that place, which I suppose is Ms abode, whether any spirits are to be found there or not. Before your correspondent makes any furthorattenipt at explainingthe nativo names of places, I would suggest that he should read up a little, as his knowledge in these matters is, at present, evidently very crude. I gather this, firstly from the fact that he in entirely wrong in the meaning he givos for the name "Pahiatua," and secondly, from the fact that he spells "Tutaekara/Ttt&ro. lam, <k, Maori,