Gisborne Tragedy Ends in Murder Suicide Arrest
Abraham Te Whero, wanted for the murder of his wife, was arrested in a Gisborne suburb tool shed after a night in cold rain. He died in hospital hours later after admitting the killing and drinking a bottle he believed held water. An inquest into Mrs Te Whero’s death was opened and adjourned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gisborne
Abraham Te
John Mitchell
Awapuni
Ele
Te Whero
Woolshed
Te Wherowas
Scott
Labour for Farmers In Wellington Seeks Summer Help
A memorandum from the National Efficiency Board to District Trustee Boards urges quick estimates of needed agricultural labor for the coming year focusing on shearing, ploughing and harvesting. It seeks available labor, effects of the Military Service Act, and cooperative arrangements to meet requirements, noting a holiday schedule shift to free key workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
National Efficiency Board
Boards of Governors
No Advance in Price for Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills
Public notice states no price increase for Dr Morse's Indian Root Pills since the war began. Propriety emphasizes affordable health care, urging households to maintain digestion and liver health with this remedy to avoid costly medical bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Morse
Wellington Second Division Reaches Defence Reply
The Wellington Second Division League obtained a Defence Ministry reply on classification dependents pre-ballot medical exams and State responsibility. The Recruiting Board will judge dependents beyond wife and children. medical exams for reservists are not to be the State liability rule. boards must balance safeguards against excessive liability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
Defence Department
England
League
R. A. Armstrong
Red Cross Seafield Branch Holds Annual Meeting
The Seafield Red Cross Society met May 31 in the schoolroom with about eight members attending monthly. They reported donations to the Naval Heroes Fund Cafe Chantant Our Day Fund and Soldiers’ Comforts. They aided tea for the Twenty-first Reinforcements and sent £1 5s surplus to Christmas gifts for soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seafield Red Cross Society
Naval Heroes Fund
Red Cross Fund
Our Day
Pendarves
Trentham
Galbraith
Miss Machan
Lady Liverpool Patriotic Fund
T. Baxter
French Red Cross
Ashburton Centre
J. Bruce
KE. Ashton
A. Gregory
Sten
Lady Liverpool Fund
Ashburton Dapat
Old wild barrow pig shot at Waipara with massive tusks
Mr Joseph Taylor’s Waipara property yielded a hermit barrow pig described as enormous and in prime condition. It was brought down by Mr W Heney of Christchurch from about 450 yards, tusks measuring 104 and 9 1/2 inches with a 24 inch center circumference. The animal is believed to be around years old based on worn tusks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Taylor
Waipara
W. Heney
Christchurch
Heney
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Symington's
Symington
Kerr Bros
Burnett Street
Ashburton
Rule‘s
Studebaker
Tancred
G. Hefford & Co
Canterbury
S. F.P.O.C
Frank Curt
Wurituran
East Street
Telephones
KOT
Efficiency Bor
Itrolax
Bremen
Deutschland
Germany
America
Messrs Speyer and Co
United States
RED Cross
Seafield Branch
Sayio
Petone
Orkney
Gretonne
Donegal
Ansonta
Farmers’ Co-Op. Assn, Ltd
Createst Store
John Orrand CO
English
Dominion Beer
Price Vs. Johnson
Eley’s
Oceanic
Mitchelin
Dunlop
Orr
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