ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES
CYCLIST HITS MOTOR LORRY. (Per United Press Association.) Christchurch, May 24 John Barrett, while riding a bicycle in Barbadoes street yesterday, collided with a motor lorry. He had his son of three years on the handle-bars. Both were taken to hospital suffering from abrasions and shock. Barrett was unconscious, but regained con sciousness during the evening. Both are progressing. DEATH FROM POISONING. Wanganui, May 24. John Palliser, of the auctioneering firm of Palliser and Co., was found in a state of collapse after taking poison in his mart this morning. He was hurried to the hospital, where he died shortly after admission. BODY FOUND ON RIVERBANK. Blenheim, May 24. At Dillon's Point this morning the body of Harry Ferdinand Lautour Huddlestone, aged 63, was discovered on the riverbank by his wife, having committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. He left the house a few minutes previously to bring in the cows, and on failing to appear, the wife searched and made the tragic discovery.
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Southland Times, Issue 20495, 25 May 1928, Page 7
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