WITHIN THE DOMINION

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6679, 30 November 1908, Page 5

WITHIN THE DOMINION

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muss ASSOCIATION. SELF-DESTRUCTION THE DEATH OF MR BIDDLE, OF NELSON NELSON, November 28. Mr IV. Biddle, whose body was found in an orchard in St. Vincent street last night, had been in bad health for years, suffering from insomnia and nervousness. The following note was found scribbled in a pocketbook;— "Dear Wife,—l have another fit. Tasted some of this lead, and feel far too ill to walk home. 1 called out, but can make no one hear.” Deceased had removed some of the contents of a jar of arsenate of lead, kept for spraying, and had some of it in his pocket. Tho medical evidence at the inquest showed that ho had swallowed a quantity of arsenate of lead used for spraying fruit trees. He hod been greatly depressed of late. A verdict of suicide whilst temporarily insane was returned. INVERCARGILL. November 28. A miner named Peter Johnston, -gett sixty-six, committed suicide at Riverton this morning by cutting his throat with a razor. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL INVERCARGILL, November 28. Howard Barlow, aged seventeen years, was committed, for trial for assault on a seven-year-old girl. ATTEMPTED MURDER SEA CAPTAIN SHOT IN THE BACK DARGAVILLE. November 28. A man giving the name of Thomas Kelly was arrested this morning oy Constable Thompson on a charge of attempting to murder Captain Mewitt, on board the Naumai. Accused, it is said, shot the captain in the back with a small revolver. The bullet has not yet been removed. The wound is not considered serious. STEADY OIL PRODUCER GOOD PROSPECTS IN TARANAKI NEW PLYMOUTH, November 28. The weekly report of the Taranaki Petroleum Company directors shows that No. 2 well is a steady oil-producer, some nineteen barrels being obtained this week. Mr W. J. Hall, who is connected with the Commonwealth Oil Corporation, Sydney, visited the well this week, and expressed himself most favourably Impressed with the company’s prospects. A DIFFICULT YEAR CONTINUOUS FALL IN THE MARKET FROZEN MEAT COMPANY’S REPORT GISBORNE, November 28. At the annual meeting of the Gisborne Sheep-farmers’ Frozen Meat Company, tho chairman (Mr De Lautour), in his annual-address, stated that the year just closed had been a difficult one for the factory. The .management had had to contend with a continuous fall in the markets for the principal commodities. The corner had,- however, been turned, 1 not with loss, but with moderate profit, and the fullest possible return had been given to shareholders during the year. The recovery of wool should restore confidence, and restored confidence was all that was needed to bring back the good times they had become used to. The meeting passed a dividend of 5 per cent, on ordinary shares, and decided that a bonus should be granted to shareholders at the rate of IJd per sheep received for export. "TOTE” BETTING NUISANCE FINED £lO. CHRISTCHURCH, November 28. At tho Magistrate’s Court to-day James Fairbairn pleaded guilty to making a bet at the Canterbury Jockey Club’s Grand National meeting, the result of which depended on the totalisator dividend. The Magistrate imposed a fine of ,£lO and costs.