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Evening Star, Issue 22633, 27 April 1937, Page 16

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KILLED BY INSANE HUSBAND. After hearing evidence, the coroner (Mr W. R- M‘Kean) found that Mrs Mary Elizabeth GageBrown (87) died in Auckland Hospital on April 6 as the result of lacerations of the brain and sev'efe injuries to the head inflicted with an iron weight by ■ her husband, who had been a patient in Auckland Mental Hospital, and who was out on leave for a period of six months. The evidence had disclosed that neither prior to admission, nor while in hospital, was deceased’s husband regarded as dangerous or suicidal. It was also shown that at the time he inflicted the injuries on his wife his condition was dictated by delusional ideas, and his judgment and reasoning were so completely deranged that he lacked compre-

hension of the quality of his act.— Press Association. RIMU DREDGE RETURN. A Hokitika 'Association message states that the Rimu dredge return for April 26, for 133 hours (47,574 yards) was 303.20 zof crude, MADRID BOMBED DAILY. MADRID, April 26,—The daily bombing of the capital continues. Fourteen were killed and 22 wounded to-day. General Miaja has ordered reprisals, and war planes are bombing hostile batteries on the outskirts of the city. BATHROOM DAMAGED BY FIRE. Eire, caused by a gas caliphont, damaged the bathroom and its roof of a two-story brick building, 249 High street, this afternoon. The building, which was separated into two flats, is the property of Mrs N. Cohen. STOCK EXCHANGE. Sales this afternoon: Donaghy’s Rope, £2 14s 6d; G. J. Coles, £5 os 3d; Mount Lyell, £2 os. Reported: Mount Lyell, £2 os 6d; Mount Morgan, los od.