Dominion News

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 93, 24 August 1923, Page 3

Dominion News

LUNATIC MAORI ARRESTED. Thames, Augrxst 23. Hearing that a Maori was acting in a threatening manner at Wakatiwai, two constables out there and; found the place deserted exceptfor Kani t©-Puki, who had bee)' chopping down fences with an axe and also threatening a relative that he would kill him. He was arrested; whereupon some Maoris came out ot the bush, rather resenting the ar rest of Puki. who was handcuffed. Puki has been adjudged insane and committed to Avondale. MAN FOUND SHOT. Grey mouth, August 23, .With his pipe in his mouth, Harry Hill, aged about 50 years, was found shot on the road near Otira on Wednesday night with a double-barrelled shotgun alongside him. At an inquest to-night at Otira the verdict was that deceased committed suicide by shooting himself with a shotgun. Deceased, who had been dead about two weeks, was born near Birmingham, England, and had uo relatives in New Zealand. " A letter on the body indicated his intention to commit suicide as he feared insanity. DEATH ON A CRUISER. Auckland, August 23. Cecil William Reed, a petty officer on H.M.S. Chatham, was found, dead in his bunk this morning. Deceased was 35 years of age. He arrived only this week with a. draft from England, which came out ly the Corinthic. Apparently he was in good health the previous evening. A CHILD’S DEATH. Dunedin, August 23. An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of a Iwy named Alfred Joseph Hellier. aged sis years and five months. The evidence showed that, deceased was struck on the left temple by a stone acciden;ally thrown by his brother, aged twelve, while playing. Infection set in and deceased died three days later from septicaemia. A verdict 'ti'as returned accordingly. POSTAL PACKETS DETAINED. t S 1 .; ' * Rotorua, August 23 Granville Hunt was committed for trial at Hamilton op a charge of unlawfully opening and detaining nine postal packets. Some were directed care of the auctioneering companv with which he was connected, an J others are supposed to have been put in the company’s box by mistake. The accused denied criminal intent, saying that he might have acted carelessly. , Bail was reduced to accused in £SOO with two sureties of £4OO each TRAM COLLISION. Auckland, August 23 As a result of one car jumping the points two trams collided head on in the city to-night. Both wore badly damaged, hut no loss of life resulted. and .only one of the motonneu was slightly injured.