CASUALTIES.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IX, Issue 172, 7 July 1919, Page 5

CASUALTIES.

Gisborne, July 5.

Yesterday afternoon, on the occasion of a school holiday for the signing oi the Peace 'Treaty, Frederick James Pilkington, 11 jears of age, left home with a younger brother to play on the beach. The elder lad afterwards returned home by himself for fishing tackle. Two hours later his body was seen floating in the Turanganui river, near tne centre of the town. Resuscitation methods were applied for two hours, but without avail. Dannevirke, July 7. A well known resident of Southern Hawke’s Bay, Jeremiah Cullinane, farmer, of Oringi, met with an accident on Friday night which terminated fatally this morning. When returning from Oringi station in a gig the horse shied. Cudinane was picked up unconscious and died from injuries received to the head. Deceased had resided in Dani evirke since the early days and was a wed known contractor, and was formerly a member of the Dannevirke Borough Council. He leaves a widow and a grown up family. Christchurch, -J uly 7.

John Spasm, aged 57, was founu hanging by a rope in a shed at the brichworks at Hillsborough. The coroner found that Spaan committea suicide. There was no evidence to show the state of his mind. Charles Batchelor, 40, who was run over by a motor car in North road, Belfast, on Saturday, died in the hospital from a fractuied skull. Auckland, July 7.

Robert Try den and Thomas Callender sustained severe injuries by a fall of cases from a sling while they were working in the hold of the steamer Aranun. Both men are in hospital.

Alexander S. McGullivray, who. returned from active service on Friday, died suddenly at his parent’s residence.

CAPTAIN DUVALL’S DEATH.

INQUEST ADJOURNED,

Auckland, July . The inquest into the death of Captain Arthur Duvall, who was found dead in the testing laboratory in the Government Ammunition \\ orks at Mt. Eden, was held at the morgue yesterday. C. F. Hill, nephew of the deceased, gave evidence that Captain Duvall had suffered from internal trouble which sometimes gave him considerable pain, but he had lately seemed to improve. B. E. Lambert, of the testing staff of the Ordnance Department, stated that deceased was his immediately supperior officer. Captain Duyall was in the habit of seeing him every day. Ho saw deceased arrive about 9.30 a.m., when his demeanour seemed to be as usual. Witness went to the laboratory about 10.4.0 and on opening the door found deceased lying on his face with' a service rifle across his body. He immediately reported the discovery. | Captain L. F. FMcMair, N.Z.A.O. Department, staled that he examined the rifle. There was only one empty! cartridge case in the chamber and the! cut off was closed. Captain Duvall 1 constantly had a number of rifles about him for the purpose of testing. Tho track of the bullet pointed upwards. The inquest was adjourned in order that a doctor might make a more complete examination of the body. Captain Duvall is to be accorded a military funeral.