SUICIDES.
WELLINGTON, December 3.
J. Holmes,, a clerk in the Treasury Department, committed suicide this morning by hanging himself. Deceased had been in ill-health. "An inquest is being held this afternoon. WELLIXGTOX. December 4.
A man named Edward Pearcey. aged 68 years, committed suicide at his residence 1 in Barber street this morning by cutting [ his throat. Deceased, who was a married -man with a grown-up family, had been rather eccentric for some time past. In the cass of the suicide of John Holmes, the jury returned a verdict of suicide while in a state of mental depression and bad health."
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume L, Issue 8940, 4 December 1905, Page 8
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101SUICIDES. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume L, Issue 8940, 4 December 1905, Page 8
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