DEATH FROM A BAMBOO THRUST

Marlborough Express, Volume XXVII, Issue 26, 31 January 1891, Page 3

DEATH FROM A BAMBOO THRUST-

+ TWO CHINAMEN IMPLICATED. [UNITED PHESS ASSOCIATION.] Donedin, January 30. A young man, William Guy, was received into the hospital a few days ago suffering great pain m the stomach, having received a severe thrust from a bamboo cane wieldtd by a Chinaman. The injuries were at first thought not to be serious, but yesterday he became so bad that an operation became necessary, and hia depositions were taken. Two Chinamen, Ah Yarn, a fish hawker, and Gee Loy, vegetable hawker, have been arrested. Guy states that while he and another man were playing with a ball it accidentally struck one of the Chinamen, who became enraged, and getting the assistance of another man attacked the young men, when Guy received a thrust from a bamboo rod. January 31. Guy died last night. He was 26 years of age and a milkman.

METBi?or,oaicAi(. — Captain Edwin wires same indications as yesterday, viz:— Heavy gules from northward, changing by west and southward between midnight to-night and 3rd February. A purgative medicine should possess tonic and curative, as well as cathartic, properties. This combination of ingredients may be found m Ayer's Pills. They strengthen and stimulate the bowels, causing natural action.