DEATH IN CAR

Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 32, 7 February 1935, Page 13

DEATH IN CAR

EXHAUST GAS INHALED

An, inquest: .was"held' today into We death of Walter-Howard Fer.diriaridb, a taxi-driver,? aged; 27, who was vfounddead, in his car. early 'on Saturday morning^ ■'"■■.!.;'' ./>;i>-' .'-'.,',:,--,'':■■ ':.:;-:::,--'

A-Makara resident gave evidence that he found Hie deceased lying dead, 'in the front seat of his taxi at the end.; of the: Makara; Beach - Jioad., ■ The doors' and,wiridows^^f tv tlie"car were:closed, the engine r was^ running, J and the car was full of fumes. ' : \ '■'-.'■•;.:;

"Other, evidence'showed that the 'deceased had left the taxi depot between: 1 arid-2 a.m.onthe 'morning? he died; having handed a friend an envelope which was. "not,to be, opened unless something r happened "to; him.". He seemed, normal then, but another witness stated that he had always seemed depressed, for no apparent reason. The envelope, contained' /the deceased's will and a letter. The deceased; was a single man, a native-of England,- and had been in New Zealand about six or seven ,years. „■ .?. , ■;:.",/'"-..- ;y :■' ; .*

"I find that the deceased asphyxiated himself purposely by inhaling carbon monoxide gas while sitting in his closed car at Makara, Beach," said the Coroner (Mr. E. Gilbertson, J.P.) at. the conclusion of the inquest. ■ ' '