OPOTIKI.
ATT E M-P’T ET> !t : S U I C-ID '« -(From the New Zealand i By the armal .pf 1 the .Margaret yesterday morning from Opotiki, we learn fchatf-Za man named SeKuwakeiyone of- the military settlers ; stationed ~there,. .. has made.;,an attempt to take Ms own life on Sunday last. It appears'that‘ Sehuinaker- .has/recently been,,drinking .hard, but was quite sober wHen he conamitted the rash' act: He waß 'seemito go to bis ihut.:and g<jt lu» rifle, and shortly, afterwards the report of a gun was lxeard.Several persons hastened td tlie hut and•found the unfortunate>maii lyingi t on/his ; back. The, bullet,, hqwever; passed through liis /left eye», arid'carriM away/ A portion of his; -foreheadir/;bnt appears to have,.escaped the. brainy.. f When the stuleid/ on Wednesday' 'tlje minute, ahaU .probably receive aomej adthtiohalpartiouiarsln’afew'd’ays;/.?^?//
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Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 49, 9 December 1867, Page 306
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130OPOTIKI. Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 49, 9 December 1867, Page 306
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