ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES.
(Ptn Pkess Association.) AUCKLAND, Nov. .'3O Tlie headless, decomposed body oi a man was found at Mercer this morning, tie had apparently committed suicide by placing a plug; of gelignite in his mouth and firing ii with a fuse. Tho man's identity has not been established. A railway ticket found on the body bore the date October 24th. DUNEDIN, Nov 30. Tho police have advised that a farmci named Hugh Cameron, lift '-five yeans ol age, commuted, suicide by hanging at Konini, fourteen miles train Lawrence.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10526, 2 December 1916, Page 2
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88ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 10526, 2 December 1916, Page 2
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