MYSTERY DEATH.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 300, 20 December 1938, Page 18

MYSTERY DEATH.

I BRILLIANT STUDENT. I I TRAGEDY AND ROMANCE. THIRD ATTEMPT WAS LUCKY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) SYDXF.Y, December 10. Tracedv and romance were linked in the final medical examination results announced this week. The central figure in the tragedy was Vaina Michael Goodman. 22. who. it had been predicted, would have been one of Australia's most brilliant doctors. He died I" days ago. just after the examination. Goodman had been especially gifted in the study of medicine, but had also studied with amazing concentration. He did not spare himself, but worked late and early. . Some of his fellow students invited him to go into the city with them to celebrate when they completed their last examination paper, but he replied that he had a very sore throat and felt dread - fill 1 v ill. so would go home to bed. This was' on Thursday. December 1. He stayed in IW until the' Saturday, when he told his father that he was feeling much better. He then ate a light lurich and at four o'clock drank a cup of cold tea and lemon juice. Fifteen minutes later he collapsed in a chair and died before a doctor could reach him. An autopsy by the Government Medical Officer failed to reveal the cause of death and certain organs were sent to the Government Analyst. The result of the analysis has not vet been announced. j

Money Used Up. Behind the pa-s awarded to Dr. I'.. G. Carroll. 33. of Croydon, lies a story of both determination and good fortune. Dr. Carroll has entered the University three times for his studies. He began in 1922 and passed his first year examinations. Next year, while playing first grade Rugby League for the University, he broke two ribs and punctured a lung and had to give up his studies that year. He returned to the University in 1924, but his health broke down and he went into the country as a jackaroo. By this time his misfortunes had used up all his money. In 1931, with his last £7.->, he bought' the filly Arachne, and the same afternoon a trainer bought it from him for £12.>. Next day he paid £"."> for Miuigelo. and since then his racehorses have enabled him to pay his way into his chosen profession. With Man•relo's winnings ho bought who won 14 races. He now owns Tickle. Cisteria. River Xanioi and Wingfoot and would not part with them. While thus lighting his misfortunes Dr. Carroll was inarired in 1928. With the money won for him by his horses he was able to go back to the University for the third time in 1934 and since then has passed every examination. He was dux of Christian Brothers' College. Waverley, in 1921. His determination has now been rewarded by an appointment as a. resident doctor at a large Sydney public hospital.