"NO MONEY: NO WORK."
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE CASE.
[hy tetegraph.—press association.] WELLINGTON. Saturday.
Details of a sad case of attempted suicide by a middle-aged unmarried man named James Vernon McKcnzie, were explained in the Magistrate's Court today. Accused had been emnloved by the Lower Hutt Borough Council, but, hs the result of being out of work lately he became despondent. He subsequently went into the Council Chamber, covered himself with a sheet, and turned on the gas. In a letter to the magistrate accused declared that he had neither friends, money nor work, and would not be able to make any headway if discharged. The case was adjourned until Tuesday to enable inquiries to be made with regard to prospects of securing work for accused.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18566, 26 November 1923, Page 10
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