TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 111, 7 April 1930, Page 4

TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.

Per Press Association,

CHRISTCHURCH, April 6. Mr Frederick Martin/ aged 74, of Timaru, who was on holiday in Christchurch, had a seizure while in a tramcar at 10.45 a.m. to-day. He was removed to the Limes Hospital nearby, but was dead on arrival. Per Press Association.

ROTORUA, April 5. An inquest was held On John Henry Sunnex, aged 22, a bush worker, who was killed at Mangarewa bush on April. 3, through a breaking block on a log-hauler lead. Deceased was struck on the head by the wire of the block rebounding. A verdict of accidental death was returned, no blame being attachable to anyone. Per Press Association.

DUNEDIN, April 6. The police were advised this afternoon that William Arthur Tough, aged 62, a threshing mill owner of Milton, had been found drowned in the Tokomairiro River at 10 a.m. today. Ho had been missing since April 2. Per Press Association.

OAMARU, April 6. The body of George Blackwell, a railway employee, aged 38, was yesterday found in a hillside plantation with a bullet wound in the head. There was a pea rifle clasped in his arms. Deceased, who was married, has been missing from home since Thursday morning when the rifle also disappeared. Ho had just returned from Hanmer, where lie was treated for a nervous breakdown. An inquest will be held to-morrow. • Per Press Association. GISBORNE, April 5. The motor-ship Margaret W. arrived from Hicks Bay this morning in tow of the Tiroa, the trip taking 30 hours. The sea conditions made the towing difficult, especially when rounding East Cnpe in the face of heavy seas, but the only incident was the snapping of the line off Tuahine, near Gisborne. The damage to the motor-ship was limited to the tailshaft coupling. Temporary repairs will be made here, and the vessel will proceed to Auckland on Monday.