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Evening Star, Issue 7629, 4 June 1888, Page 4

A disgraceful scene occurred yesterday at the Presbyterian Church at Taranaki. Mr Breach, who was minister several years at the old church, asserted some claim to the new building for alleged arrears of salary, and took possession of the church on Thursday, taking off the lock and putting on a new one, and placing a padlock on the gate. The Church Committee procured the assistance of two policemen and a locksmith, and burst open the door. While so engaged, Breach came on the scene, rushed excitedly at the constable, and endeavored to force an entrance into the church. A scuffle ensued between the police and Breach, which ended in Breach, after considerable difficulty, being ejected from the premises. An infant of nine months, the child of a solicitor’s clerk residing at Crystal Palace road, London, whilst sucking an orange suddenly choked, and on being taken to a doctor it was found that there was an orange pip in one of the air passages. As it was impossible to move it, the child died shortly afterwards from exhaustion, in consequence of being unable to inhale sufficient air.