DOMINION NEWS

Southland Times, Issue 17230, 28 December 1912, Page 6

DOMINION NEWS

BRIEF LIBERTY. ( Ter Cnit'-d Dress Association. ) ROTORUA, 1 lecemh-’-,- 27. Albert Durant. a native of Italy, serving three years' reformatory tre.umenl at Waipa tree planting camp, escaped from custody at .7 o'clock on Christmas Day. lie was recaptured after eighteen hours' liberty. To-day Magistrate Dyer sentenced him to two years’ hard labour, THOSE El REMEX. XT'.LSOX. December 27. i Tiie Tc Anau for Wellington was delayed a quarter of an hour this morning. Tiie firemen wore a-liorc the | worse for liquor. | SUICIDE BY POISON. WELLLXGTOX. December 27. James Heusiiilwood, a pattern-maker, was found dead on Cli fist mas Eve at his residence. Salisbury Avenue. A bottle of cyanide of pouts ium was found by the body. At tiie inquest a verdict was returned that death was caused by taking cyanide of potassium. KkCAI’T U RED. WELLIX'GTOX, December 27. i Lewis, who escaped from Porirua i Menial Hospital was recaptured at Ala- I kara yesterday naked. 1 A DETERMINED EXIT. DUXEDIX". December 27. Fred Farqnharson. married, and aged oi> years, shot himself yesterday at Dunback. lie placed (lie muzzle of a breechloader in ills mouth, di-charging it with a piece of string attached to his foot and tiie trigger. A PEX ST OXER'S DEATH. CH RISTCIIF RCII, December 27. I The body of John Clifford, an old pen- I siouer residing at Halswell, was found I in the Halswell river at 0.:;•> tin’s morning. Ho had evidently fallen in while getting water to make tea. The Coroner returned a verdict of accidental drowning. THE JOY RIDER. TIM A HU, December 27. j Tiie defendant in tiie case of the disastrous motor car "joy ride' last night i turned up inter, and it is understood ! that lie pays for the damage done. \