DEATHS.
Arundel. — On 27th March last, at her residence, St. John’s Wood, Dunedin, Mary Ann, the beloved wife of George Arundel, formerly of Sheffield, Yorkshire, and sister of the late Mrs James May, formerly of Wellington; aged 64 years. -NZ Mail, 17/4/1885.
Auctions
TUESDAY, 13th OCTOBER, At 2 o’clock.
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, PIANO, Etc.
On the Premises, Mechanic street, opposite Gordon Bros.’ Nursery, North-east Valley.
JAMES SAMSON AND CO.
have been favored with instructions from George Arundel, Esq., who is leaving Dunedin, to sell by auction,
The whole of his Household Furniture, including —
Superior piano (by Henry Ward, London), piano stool, haircloth suite, table and cover, carpets, fender and fireirons, hearthrug, window curtains, curtain poles and rings, bookcase, pictures, ornaments, double and single iron and wood bedsteads, palliasses, mattress and bed linen, blankets, Duchess dressing-table and glass, Vienna chairs, bedroom carpets, first-class wardrobe, towel rails, washstands and ware, chest drawers, kitchen tables, sofa, chairs, earthen and glassware, cooking utensils, kitchen and passage floorcloth, door-mats, washing requisites, copper portable boiler, wheelbarrow, scythe, dog kennels, etc., etc., etc. -Evening Star, 9/10/1885.
Marriage.
Arundel — Wright. — On the 20th November, 1886, by the Rev. A. Bunton, at the house of Mrs Wright, St. David street, Mr George Arundel (late of Sheffield, England), to Mrs Maria Wright, of St. John’s Wood, New Zealand (late of Melbourne) -Evening Star, 2/12/1886.
THE COURTS — TO-DAY.
CITY POLICE COURT. (Before General Fulton, Messrs J. P. Jones, and J. L. Gillies, J.P.s.) Drunkenness. For this offence George Arundel was fined 5s, with the alternative of twenty-four hours' imprisonment. -Evening Star, 16/6/1888.
City Police Court
Maintenance. Maria Sarah Arundel was charged with failing to provide her husband, George Arundel, with adequate means of support. — Mr Hanlon said that first the complainant and then the defendant consulted him, so he decided to appear for both parties with a view of bringing them together. They decided to live together, but the experiment had not proved a success. The man was seventy-two years of age and the woman fifty-five. — His Worship made an order for the payment of 5s a week. -Evening Star, 6/5/1897.
City Police Court
Domestic Broils. — George Arundel was charged with having, at the North-East Valley, on the 29th April, assaulted and beaten his wife, Maria Arundel, who complained that she feared that he would do her some bodily harm, and asked that he be bound over to keep the peace. — Mr Barclay, who appeared for Mrs Arundel, stated that defendant knocked his wife about, and since the summons had been issued had been to the house and smashed all the windows. Complainant made arrangements to pay his passage over to Sydney to see his son there, and bought a ticket, which he sold, got drunk with the proceeds, and went and broke all the windows in the house. On the day in question he hit complainant on the mouth, making it bleed. He had threatened on several occasions to cut her throat, and on one occasion she found a spade hidden under the bed. When asked what it was doing there defendant said he was going to hit her with it. — Defendant not being present in court the bench decided to adjourn the case till Monday. -Otago Daily Times, 9/6/1898.
SUICIDE IN THE NORTHERN CEMETERY.
A PATHETIC CASE.
An inmate of the Benevolent Institution at Caversham, named George Arundel, aged eighty-two years, was found in the Northem Cemetery about four o’clock yesterday afternoon with some deep cuts in the left leg, from which apparently sufficient blood had flowed to cause death. The deceased man was discovered by Mr W. Morris, who, about the time mentioned, was passing through the cemetery. Mr Morris saw deceased, whom he did not know, leaning in a peculiar position over a low fence. He called the attention of the sexton to the man, and together they proceeded to the spot, where they found him in an unconscious state. They immediately summoned the police, and in the meantime laid the body on some sacks. Sergeant Gilbert had him removed to the hospital, where, upon an examination by Dr O’Neill, it was found that life was extinct. Deceased had evidently committed suicide, as three deep cuts into superficial veins in the left leg were discovered, as well as some lacerations of the throat with a sharp instrument, leading to the conclusion that deceased had attempted to cut his throat as well. A blood-stained penknife was found in one of deceased’s pockets.
It appears that he had left the Benevolent Institution in the morning, apparently in his usual state of health, though he had been ailing for some time. From there he went to the cemetery, and it appeared as though he had committed the act at the grave of his first wife, a great deal of blood being found at this spot. From the grave-side he wandered to the fence where he was found. Deceased was a married man, but for some years had been living apart from his wife. An inquest will be held at the hospital at four o’clock to-morrow. -Evening Star, 16/11/1900.
ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
(per press association.)
Dunedin, November 18. At the inquest on George Arundel, an inmate of the Benevolent Institution, a verdict of suicide while temporarily insane was returned. -Hawera and Normanby Star, 19/11/1900.
Northern Cemetery, Dunedin.
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