A TRAVELLER'S SUICIDE.
■ (Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN, April 30. Tho" evidence at the. inquest on the body of Regina]d. Irving Johnston, who. ebinmitted suicide at Gladstone-1 Hoteil; yesterday, ■ : disclosed: oi membership of the United Co.ciraerC'ial Travellers' Association- of Australasia, o.nd disclosed the further, fact that .lie travelled for T. L. Elliott find Company, of Birmingham. , Letters showed that tho d-sceased's private address was Elizabeth St., Melbourne. He seemed to be about 36 or 37 years of;:-ago. There, was nothing m his possession to indicate why. ho - eommit.ted^ the act. The coroner returned a verdict of suieido by cutting h.is throat, there foeing no .evidence to show the. deceasr cd's state of- mind at. the time; The correspondence indicated that the deceased was married. *
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 1 May 1913, Page 5
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123A TRAVELLER'S SUICIDE. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 1 May 1913, Page 5
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