GENERAL NEWS ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 20 April 1912, Page 5

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS

TWO MEN KILLED. (Press Association. — Copyright.* SYDNEY, April 19. By the collapse of a wall at Annandale", two men named Roper and Habens were killed. A third was injured. NEW ARRIVAL'S SUICIDE. WANGANUI, April 19. A man named R. H. Ashford, aged 27, years, a recent arrival from the Old Country, strangled himself in bis bedroom this afternoon. He first tied a handkerchief round his neck, then passing a rope from a box over the mantle-j piece, tied the end to the handkerchief, and then threw himself forward. Deceased recently received news of the death of his wife, and has been melancholy. ANOTHER BURGLARY AT AUCKLAND, j AUCKLAND, April 19. Yet another burglary is reported in Auckland. The house "of Mrs Schofild, an elderly widow, at Devonport, was broken into on Wednesday evening, while the occupants were away. The burglars were evidently after big booty in the shape of a collection of kauri Rum , and coins of considerable value. They failed, however, to locate the collection, and secured only about £3 in cash. NEW BOAT FOR ARNST. (Received 10 a.m.) SYDNEY. This Day. Mark Foy presents Arnst with a new boat for the race with Barrv.