FATALITIES

Grey River Argus, 10 November 1931, Page 6

FATALITIES

BOY'S SUICIDE. AUCKLAND. November 9. Leslie McGaughey, 15, was found shot in a Muse in Kingsland, on Saturday afternoon, withl a shot-gun nearby. He left a note saying that he had been anxious about his mother’s health. A verdiet of suidide while of unsound .mind, was returned. YOUNG MAORI. attempts suicide. THAMES November 9. A determined attempt at suidide was, made by a Mauri. John Ransfield. 19, of Kerepeehi. Ransfield suddenly jumped from his bed, toire off every stitch of clothlag, ftßwaprota Ms ef dying,

and made for the river. When trained, and arrested, be endeavou to strangle himself. He begged fo knife, to end hfcs life. It is understood that lately lie been brooding. He was brought fore the Court and remanded. YOUNG BROTHERS DROWNE? DUNEDIN, November 9 Two boys, Robert (9). and Dun (11), Baflloek, the sons of George 1 loch, were drowned in a brane the Molyneaux River yesterday. Accompanied by an elder brot and another young man, they w crossing from the spit to the m land in a flat-bottomed punt when boat overturned in the current, miner. Andrew Carson, plunged the rescue, successfully assisting older boy ashore, Iwhjle Miller, other man reached safety, but younger boys disappeared. T bodies h&ve net been refmreis