DEATH BY SAFFOCATION.

Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 151, 27 June 1904, Page 6

DEATH BY SAFFOCATION.

fDT TELKOBAPn — MESS ABSOOIATIOH } IIOKITIKA, This Day. Homy .Crone, an. inmate of the Seuview A&.vluni for 34 yi i am, died yesterday from .suil'ocntion. caused by v. piece of meat while eating. The boro ill tho petroleum prospecting works nb Moturon, Tanmaki, is now down over 500 ft, and the machinery continues to work well. The promoters tiro sanguine of success. "Accuracy" writes: — In a description of Mr. O'Connor, lato of the 07th ttegimi>nt ("Die Hards") nnd his medals on tho day oi the departure of Lord Rriifurly, it -wan stated thnt ho wore a clasp for Balaclava amongst other Crimean clasps. Tho 57th Regiment did not participate in the above battle, tho 92nd Gordon Highl.jndors being the only infuniry, and honourably described as tho "thin rod line" under Sir Colin Campbell. A look at flic Army List will show that tho Ist Middlesex (57th Regimont and nnolhcr) dot* not bear "Balaclava" amongst the many honours on its colours. It is only fair to tho Highland regiment named above, which received tho charge of tho Kusjnan cavalry in lino (not oven 1 forming square), that this correction should bo insorled. At tho meeting of tho Rcatoun Road Board to-day it was decided to strike a general rato of Jd in tho £ ami v special rate of £d. It was also rosolved to tako over tho Kvan's Bay and Miramar Estates Company's roads on condition that tho Board is indemnified aguinxt any action for damage** on account of tho concentration of drain water. A meeting was held in Chmt church last Tuesday, at tho instance of the Prison Gate Mission, to consider social problems. Tho Mtvenlccn delegates present included throo legislators "and Canon Coates (in tho chair). During tho conference, Mr. iSma-ill, of tho mission, said, with regard to tho treatment of boys, " that there was no accommodation at Lyttellon for any number of boys who required special treatment. Ho thought that such a prison as that at Tintaru should bo set apart for the treatment of juvenile cases. Tijnaru could deal with cases from both Christchurch and Dunedin, 'and soparato accommodation for boys was urgently needed." Commenting on this, the Lyttelton Times sayß : — "The suggestion that the di.-s-. used gaol at Timaru should bo set apart for youths of criminal tendencies is well worth considering, only, if anything of tho kind is done, the authorities should sco to it that some system is adopted, und that there is proper classification." Tho Press Association agent at Maslerton supplies s>ome additional particulars of tho shooting accident near Gladstone, referred to in another column. It appears that a. man named Dew was letting down the hnuuner of a Winchester repeating rillo after loading it, when tho weapon exploded. Tho bullet entered Hogan's right shoulder, passed through tho spine, and lodged in his left shoulder, causing paralysis below the arms. Hogan was insido the whare when tho accident happened, and Dew was outside, the bullet passing through the wall. A Feilding case, heard at last sittings, was decided by tho Court of Appeal this morning. Tho Deputy Official Assigueo at 'Tending took action in tho Supreme Court against John Rees Davis, in bankruptcy, as tho result of which the Chief Justice adjudged that tho proceeds of tho sftlo of a cm tain piece of laujl did not foim part of the trusts in a deed of settlement dated 1880, ami ought to bo paid over to tho Deputy Assignee as part of bankrupt's property, .subject to eortgin conditions. Defendant Davis appealed to tho Court of Appeal — Justices Williams, Dcnnislon, Kdwurds, Cooper, and Chapman. This morning Ju&ticei Williams, Denniston, and Cooper gave judgment dismissing tho appeal^ while Justices Edwards and Chapman were of' opinion it should bo allowed. In accordance with the decision of tho majority of tho Court, the appeal was i'icmisscd with costs on the highest scah. Mr. Justice Williams: The whole litigation is really caused by (fib blunder of tho Assignee. The case was argued by Mr. Jellicoo for appellant Davis, and Mr. Myera for respondent. What with' the recent heavy rains and tho (Hitting up of tho mirface, necessitated by the constitution of the new tram lino, Wnlhire-Jitfwt has become a regular <l«agmire. This afternoon a cait laden wiih diain pipes w«is hogged in the street, ami Mr. Janice Cottciill, cab pioprietor, who livt-A in the locality, \\a.«> injtucd while a.««s>liug to fxtriraio it. Some of the pipes fell upon him and ho hud to be ulAauded to bi: .v medical man.

[Jjor Aotiean of Jiirt/is, Marriages and Deaths, see I'age J.I