INQUESTS.
[DT TEIiEGHAPU — PRKSS ASSOCIATION.] WANGAKUI, 19th Muy. An inquest \v,i3 commenced to-day on tho body of n man lutned Nathaniel Ross, ag«l 65, who died shortly after ndnm.sion to the Hospital on Thursday. The evidence of two wit times vus taken, after which nn adjournment made till Monday, The evidence was to the cltwt tli.it tliu man, who -wm In very woA health, left Pipiriki by steamer, intending to pet mcdicnl advjee in Wtuignmii. H« was sober when lie left I'ijiiriki, but it U nlle^ed lie collapsed thruugh drink <lii)".i)j; tho voyage, and >\ii« allowed to rvniain pxpo«ed to the weather till Hio vmel amvfd, wlu-n he \s\\s taken in nn unconscious condition to the Hoxnital, wlicru he died. 'Dm evidence of the crew and medical mwi h.is yet to bo taken. UI'XKDIN' 10th May. At nn inquest on Charles Mortin. fifty years of ok* 1 , v CoriiDKitiun labourer, who was killed by un fkttvic tium in NorthKayt Valley, the ovidcncti showed that doccwed, u>.o whs under tho influence of drink, stumblrd towards tho cur, and the -footboard striking his head killed him instantly. Thq jury returned v verdict of Accidental Death.
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Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 118, 20 May 1905, Page 6
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INQUESTS.
Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 118, 20 May 1905, Page 6
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