DOMINION NEWS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 9 November 1925, Page 9

DOMINION NEWS.

FOUND IN THE HARBOUR. (BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, Nov. 9. The body of John Gallagher, aged 70, who resided at Mount Eden, was found floating in the harbour. He was at one time well known as a boxer and athlete at the,Thames. A WOMAN’S DEATH. WHAKATANE, Nov. 9. On Saturday afternoon Constable Clist, of Taneatua, received an urgent call from Waimana. On his arrival he found that some kind of a disturbance had taken place, as a result of which Mrs. Robert Collier had been removed to tlie Opotiki hospital-, where she later died. Her husband stated that she got info a temper and started to burn things up. Her garments caught fire and she was severely burned. Both husband and his wife are half-castes and were only married recently. Further inquiries are being made and an inquest opens to-morrow.

EAST COAST ACCIDENTS. OPOTIKI, Nov. 9. While riding a tricycle on a footpath the little daughter of Mr D. C. Hawkins was run over by a horse and cart, and sustained terrible injuries to her head. She wa6 removed to hospital, and the latest report shows a slight improvement. A young Maori woman named Tae Collier died at the hospital last night from shock, caused by burns. After an argument with her husband the woman twice set fire to her clothing. The husband on each occasion put the fire out. DEATH OF A TEACHER, AUCKLAND, Nov. 9. The body of Charles Thomas Edwards. headmaster of Mercer school, was found in a washhouse yesterday, with the head badly shattered by a gunshot fired through the mouth. He left a note indicating that he intended to commit suicide. He was 60 years of age, was a single man, and had been teacher at Mercer school for 40 years. SEAMEN WANT TO GO BACK. NEW PLYMOUTH, Nov. 9. Twenty-five of the crew of the Dorset applied to the agents this morning for reinstatement. Eleven others have found local employment and do Hot wish to return to the ship. The Port Nicolson sailed at noon for Wanganui, . A NARROW ESCAPE.

WHANGAREI, Nov. 9. A , hairbreadth escape from grave consequences occurred at Whangarei railway yards, when a shunter named McLeod, having signalled a line of trucks to advance, found himself unable to move from the track, having had his foot caught so firmly in the points that he could not free himself. Another employee named Bruce, taking a quick-witted grasp of the situation, leaped aboard the trucks and applied the Westinghouse brake just in time, bringing them to a standstill as the imprisoned man grasped the buffer of the foremost truck. SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS. CHRISTCHURCH, Nov. 9. An inquest was opened this morning into . the circumstances surrounding the cleat}} of Myrtle Veronica Thorpe, known as Thomson. Her father gave evidence that the girl became ill jon October 22, and a doctor sent her to hospital on November 3

The inquest, was adjourned till November 16, for a post mortem examination .

BURIED AT SEA. AUCKLAND, Nov. 9. O'. J. Shepherd, a steward on the Niagara, was found dead on the floor of his cabin yesterday morning and was buried .at sea at 4 p.m. He was a native of Sydney and leaves a widow and two children.