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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 146, 14 March 1908, Page 6

Upon entering'a bedroom• in tho Duko of. Edinburgh Hotel ht 9 o'clock yesterday morning a housemaid found that tho occu-' pant, Georgo 7 Saunders, : who arrived in tho Dominion from Sydney about two months ago, had attempted to commit suicide with, a razor. : Sounders was lying in a sonti-uncon-stato on tho bed,,, and there was ' a pool of blood, on'' the floor. Drs. M'Do'ugall' and Henry, who were promptly summoned, dressed tho man's wounds,, which consisted of a deep gash about five inches long in the throat-and a small'wound on tho, left .wrist. Subsequently, Saunders, who is "about. fifty . years of age, was removed to the hospital. The razor was found covered in .blood on the dressing'-tablo. .Among-Saunders's effects was a' prescription '■ from . a local, practitionef. Saunders, who is of temperate habits,- has a wife and two children residing at No. 229 Kappas, Surrey Hills, Sydney. It is not expected that; his injuries .will prove fatal. ■ Tenders'are invited. by. Messrs. Dalgety and Co.-,. Ltd., for. the purchase of unsaid sections of : tho Birch; Hill Estate, situated, in the Marlborough district.- The property comprises' 10.110 acres, sub-divided into three'. blocks of 5000, 5500; and-5000 acres respectively. Tenders are to be at . per acre; arid to be for the whole ' area or'for.'one. or; more blocks.. Plans are ' obtainable from' any of -the offices of Dalgetv and Co., . Ltd., throughout : New •„ Zealand. Tenders close at their Wellington office on Saturday, April 25.; ■■ ; . : i The Missions to Seamen ! have- 'a special notice in our advertising columns relating to tlipir now oi'gaii fund.;- '■ . -'j Messrs. Hickmott and. Son,. monumental masoQs and sculptors, Thormlou .Quay ■ (opposite Government Station);, have' an announcement .elsewhere concerning-' a spccial shipment of richest .coloured granites, •etc. s ■ ' \