LATEST TELEGRAMS,
[press association.] Dunedin, This Day. The Railway Department brought a test case against a public school teacher, the holder of a tickeb which was issued for attending weekly tuition in town, for using the same for other purposes. It was shown that the teacher in question left home with a lona Jide intention of attending the class, but was taken ill in town, returning next day. This case was dismissed. Another teacher similarly charged pleaded Guilty. It waS shown he obtainpd the concession for the purpose of attending a Latin class which he never attended, though he had attended a singing class on some Saturdays he travelled. The Magistrate inflicted a five of 4.0% with costs of each of two cases, against this teacher. Eeefton. This Day. A girl named Alice Shaw, aged 17, died here suddenly on Tuesday evening. An inquest held to-day showed that deceased poisoned herself by partaking of 130 matchheads. No cause is assigned, but the evidence showed that deceased was subject to fits of melancholia, which appeared to run in the family, as the father committed suicide in another part of the colony a few weeks ago.
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Evening Post, Volume LVI, Issue 72, 22 September 1898, Page 6
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