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SOUTHERN NEWS.

ißy Telegraph—Press Association.) SUICIDE. ("HRJSTCHUW'H. Friday. Andrew Todd, aged 7i years, committed suicide in the city this morning. His behaviour was j,eculiai. and a doctor was called. The doctor went away to make arrangements to h.ive the man transferred to a mental hospital, and on returr.ine fo.ina that Todd had hanged himself. ! FLAXMLLL FATALITY. PALMERPTOX NORTH, this day. i Frank Healey. a single man, aged 35 ve.irs, was cauiht in the intermediate shift of the .farvis. flnxinill this morning and killed instantaneously, his body bein<* terriiily crushed end battered about. FOUXD DROWNED. this day. The dead body of John Denholm, sisaraer's lireman, a-sjed 00. was found floating in Otago harbour this morning. apparently drowned. Dcnhoim was a married man. He had been employed on the steamer Pukaki. NEW PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS. WELLINGTON, th is day. Colonel Walter Vernon. F.R.1.8.A.. late Government Architect of New South V, 7 ales. has been appointed to judge the competitive designs for the new Parliament Buildings in Wellington. He will arrive here in about a week. EXPORT OF GOLD. WELLINGTON .this day. j The export of gold for eight months of the present year totalled 306,7340z. valued at £1.227.426. being a decrease of 15.8230z, valued at £47,790. compared j with the corresponding period of last year. The total quantity of silver exported ' during the past eight months was I 882.5C70z. valued at £88.514. which is 313.8480z, valued at £31,388, less than for the corresponding period last year. DRYEST FOR TWENTY YEARS. HAWERA, this day. The meteorological return shows that August was the dryest month in this district for twenty years. A little over one inch of rain fell.

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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 209, 2 September 1911, Page 9

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SOUTHERN NEWS. Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 209, 2 September 1911, Page 9

SOUTHERN NEWS. Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 209, 2 September 1911, Page 9

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