THE WAIPAWA SUICIDE.
[Bt Teleqbaph.— Pbeßß Association.] J ; " Napier. 31st May.- -r E. Gray, Secretary to the Waip'nwa County -, ■ Raoing Club, and Clerk to the Kaikora Town, •■ i Board and the Patangata Road Board,' oom- -■ mitted suioide to-day by taking strychnine. fl He had just applied for the renewal of & pro- • < hibition order against himself , and he left a letter indicating that drink and gambling had led to hit ruin, and that death was pre- , £ arable to pri«cm, from whioh it is inferred that he was in financial trouble. '
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Evening Post, Issue 128, 1 June 1895, Page 2
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89THE WAIPAWA SUICIDE. Evening Post, Issue 128, 1 June 1895, Page 2
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