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In the wake of the Grenfell tragedy, public inquiries are back in the spotlight. One of the most important measures of success for the Grenfell Inquiry – and for the other seven inquiries that are currently live – is how effective they are at making changes and preventing repeat disasters.
But at times inquiries have struggled to secure lasting change. This event examined why that is, and launched a new report from the IfG looking at what can be done about it.
Panel:
Jason Beer QC, Head of 5 Essex Court Chambers and a specialist in public inquiries who is acting in the Anthony Grainger Inquiry, the Undercover Policing Inquiry and the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse.
Joshua Rozenberg QC, one of the UK's best-known legal commentators and host of Radio 4's Law in Action.
Emma Norris, Programme Director at the Institute for Government, and author of the Institute's report on public inquiries.
The event was chaired by Bronwen Maddox, Director at the Institute for Government.
#IFGInquiries
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The Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee is undertaking an inquiry into home adaptations.
Terms of Reference:
Why there are still significant variations in the time it takes to deliver aids and adaptations funded by Disabled Facilities Grants across Wales;
Whether sufficient progress has been made on implementing recommendations from the Equality of Opportunity Committee’s 2009 report on home adaptations;
What impact reduced resources for housing are likely to have on the provision of home adaptations;
Is the Welsh Government effectively monitoring the provision of adaptation services; and
What more needs to be done to improve home adaption services in Wales
www.senedd.assemblywales.org/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=...
Mae’r Pwyllgor Cymunedau, Cydraddoldeb a Llywodraeth Leol wedi cynnal ymchwiliad i Addasiadau yn y Cartref.
Cylch Gorchwyl
Bydd cylch gorchwyl yr ymchwiliad yn ystyried y canlynol:
Pam bod yr amser a dreulir yn dosbarthu cymhorthion ac addasiadau a ariennir
gan Grantiau Cyfleusterau i’r Anabl yn amrywio’n sylweddol ledled Cymru;
A wnaed cynnydd digonol wrth weithredu argymhellion adroddiad y Pwyllgor
Cyfle Cyfartal yn 2009 ar addasiadau yn y cartref;
Pa effaith y mae gostyngiad mewn adnoddau ar gyfer tai yn debygol o’i chael ar
ddarparu addasiadau yn y cartref;
A yw Llywodraeth Cymru yn monitro’n effeithiol y modd y mae gwasanaethau
addasu yn cael eu darparu; a
Beth mwy sydd angen ei wneud i wella gwasanaethau addasu yn y cartref yng Nghymru.
www.senedd.cynulliadcymru.org/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId...
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The Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee is undertaking an inquiry into home adaptations.
Terms of Reference:
Why there are still significant variations in the time it takes to deliver aids and adaptations funded by Disabled Facilities Grants across Wales;
Whether sufficient progress has been made on implementing recommendations from the Equality of Opportunity Committee’s 2009 report on home adaptations;
What impact reduced resources for housing are likely to have on the provision of home adaptations;
Is the Welsh Government effectively monitoring the provision of adaptation services; and
What more needs to be done to improve home adaption services in Wales
www.senedd.assemblywales.org/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=...
Mae’r Pwyllgor Cymunedau, Cydraddoldeb a Llywodraeth Leol wedi cynnal ymchwiliad i Addasiadau yn y Cartref.
Cylch Gorchwyl
Bydd cylch gorchwyl yr ymchwiliad yn ystyried y canlynol:
Pam bod yr amser a dreulir yn dosbarthu cymhorthion ac addasiadau a ariennir
gan Grantiau Cyfleusterau i’r Anabl yn amrywio’n sylweddol ledled Cymru;
A wnaed cynnydd digonol wrth weithredu argymhellion adroddiad y Pwyllgor
Cyfle Cyfartal yn 2009 ar addasiadau yn y cartref;
Pa effaith y mae gostyngiad mewn adnoddau ar gyfer tai yn debygol o’i chael ar
ddarparu addasiadau yn y cartref;
A yw Llywodraeth Cymru yn monitro’n effeithiol y modd y mae gwasanaethau
addasu yn cael eu darparu; a
Beth mwy sydd angen ei wneud i wella gwasanaethau addasu yn y cartref yng Nghymru.
www.senedd.cynulliadcymru.org/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId...
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The Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee is undertaking an inquiry into home adaptations.
Terms of Reference:
Why there are still significant variations in the time it takes to deliver aids and adaptations funded by Disabled Facilities Grants across Wales;
Whether sufficient progress has been made on implementing recommendations from the Equality of Opportunity Committee’s 2009 report on home adaptations;
What impact reduced resources for housing are likely to have on the provision of home adaptations;
Is the Welsh Government effectively monitoring the provision of adaptation services; and
What more needs to be done to improve home adaption services in Wales
www.senedd.assemblywales.org/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=...
Mae’r Pwyllgor Cymunedau, Cydraddoldeb a Llywodraeth Leol wedi cynnal ymchwiliad i Addasiadau yn y Cartref.
Cylch Gorchwyl
Bydd cylch gorchwyl yr ymchwiliad yn ystyried y canlynol:
Pam bod yr amser a dreulir yn dosbarthu cymhorthion ac addasiadau a ariennir
gan Grantiau Cyfleusterau i’r Anabl yn amrywio’n sylweddol ledled Cymru;
A wnaed cynnydd digonol wrth weithredu argymhellion adroddiad y Pwyllgor
Cyfle Cyfartal yn 2009 ar addasiadau yn y cartref;
Pa effaith y mae gostyngiad mewn adnoddau ar gyfer tai yn debygol o’i chael ar
ddarparu addasiadau yn y cartref;
A yw Llywodraeth Cymru yn monitro’n effeithiol y modd y mae gwasanaethau
addasu yn cael eu darparu; a
Beth mwy sydd angen ei wneud i wella gwasanaethau addasu yn y cartref yng Nghymru.
www.senedd.cynulliadcymru.org/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId...
MISSING MAN
UNAVAILING INQUIRY
In spite of extensive inquiries by the police, no trace of Mr. Edward Whaley, aged 51, who has been missing from his home in Clarence Street, Ponsonby, since Sunday evening, had been reported last night. The police have been investigating a report that the missing man was seen in the city on Monday. Mr. Whaley, who is an accountant employed by C. H. Drysdale and Company, is described as being 5ft. 9in. tall and of heavy build, clean shaven, with grey hair and a ruddy complexion. When he left his home he was wearing light fawn trousers, a brown tweed overcoat, a brown cardigan, a soft felt hat and black boots. He was not wearing a collar and tie.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19340706.2.48
Photo of Edward Whaley
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19340707.2.21.6
BODY IN HARBOUR
MISSING PONSONBY MAN
The body of Mr. Edward Whaley, aged 51, who has been missing from his home in Clarence Street, Ponsonby, since the evening of July 1, was recovered by the police from the harbour near Northcote at noon yesterday. Mr. Whaley had been employed on the staff of C. H. Drysdale and Company, City. An inquest is to be opened this morning.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19340725.2.151
ACCOUNTANT'S DEATH
OPENING OF INQUEST
The inquest into the death of Edward Gravener Whaley, aged 51, accountant, of 34 Clarence Street. Ponsonby, was opened before Mr. Wyvern Wilson S.M., coroner, yesterday. Deceased had been missing from his home since July 1, and his body was found floating m the harbour near the Northcote Wharf on Tuesday afternoon.
Evidence of identification was given by two relatives of the deceased. It was stated that when Mr. Whaley was seen a short time before his disappearance he was in his usual state of health. To their knowledge he had no financial worries. He was a returned soldier and had suffered from war injuries. He had often complained of the pain from the wounds. The inquest was adjourned sine die.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19340726.2.163
MARRIED MAN'S FATE
BODY FOUND IN HARBOUR
"There is no evidence of the cause of death or how deceased came to be in the harbour," said Mr Wyvern Wilson, S.M., coroner, at the conclusion of an inquest yesterday concerning the death of Edward Cravener Whaley, aged 51. of Clarence Street, Ponsonby. Deceased had been missing from his home since July 1 and his body was recovered from the harbour, near the Northcote Wharf, on July 24.
Evidence was given that deceased was of sober habits, and his demeanour was normal prior to his disappearance. War disabilities appeared to be his principal worry. Florence May Whaley, widow of deceased, stated that she was not aware that her husband was in financial difficulties, but she had since learned that he had raised a mortgage on his property. He had never threatened suicide.
The coroner returned a verdict that deceased died on or about July 1, and that his body was found in the harbour on July 24.
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19340908.2.155
Plot 18: Edward Grovener Whaley – Accountant
1st N.Z.E.F.
64390 L/Cpl
E. G. WHALEY
Canterbury Regt
died (N.Z.) aged
1.7.1934 51 yrs
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o-magine: medievalpoc: aseantoo submitted to medievalpoc: Unknown artist, possibly of the Brazilian School Black Artist Completing a Portrait of a White Female Aristocrat Brazil (early 1700s) Oil on canvas Philadelphia private collection [x], [x] I was thrilled at first to see this image - a pre-modern Black woman artist, portrayed at work! But then I saw this: Although this black artist appears to be wearing a dress, it is likely to be a male figure. As the scholar Sheldon Cheek explains, the artist wears an earring and a silver collar, both common articles worn by black male servants/slaves in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries, the collar traditionally indicating slave status. Women rarely, if ever, wore the silver collar. The artist also appears to be wearing a silver “shackle” on the arm. Ugh. Pretty awful. I think we should all be pretty critical of what’s written about this painting. Especially the part you’ve quoted above about how they have assigned the gender of the artist in the painting. I find it bizarre that something that is supposed to indicate enslaved status (not gender) somehow trumps this person wearing women’s clothing (that’s also a woman’s hat to the best of my knowledge). The Americas, including Brazil, have a long tradition of transgender and third gender people. This is one of those images from the past that falls quite easily through the cracks because it is a collection of “exceptions”; it doesn’t fit nicely into categories that have been created and therefore, it’s more or less ignored. If anyone’s hesitant to be critical, maybe you should also note that both the articles linked above make claims that slavery in Brazil was “less harsh” than other places. What??? How many of our assumptions are being projected onto this painting? Are the “contradictions” present in it a product of the painting itself, or is the problem with the categories we try to place it in? How many layers do we have to fight uphill through when we even look at this image? After all, History teaches us: women weren’t artists Black people weren’t artists Black people were enslaved Enslaved people didn’t do anything of worth Transgender, genderqueer and third gender people didn’t exist before the 1960s white people control how Black images are perceived, but not the other way around gender must be immediately perceivable and fit into our categories of “male” and “female” ^ So this is the baggage we bring with us when we look at this image. We look at this painting, and we actively search for indicators that allow us to continue to believe the above assumptions. If we take away those assumptions, if we try to move past them and see this portrait with new eyes, what are we left with? Whose History do we see here? Maybe it’s mine; maybe it’s yours. Excellent points! The viewer should remain open-minded, and critical - especially of their own potential bias. Your argument ends there though - you did absolutely nothing to directly refute the points made in the quoted text, aside from attempt to cast doubt on the validity of the source. But at least they offered a named source for their information, even if it was a little weak. You started off really well with this, but should have gone farther. Indeed, the important nature of this topic demands it! Medievalpoc tagged resources Medievalpoc tagged books This post is not necessarily an “argument” for or against anything more than a reframing of the image so we can look at it differently than it is being presented to us. If you want to make some kind of point beyond that, then the ball’s in your court. I think the problem here is that people’s expectations involving history is that the answers have already been found or decided, that everything fits neatly into categories, and that there are simple explanations for everything. The truth is that history is still being written, revised, revisited, and analyzed, and that is a good thing. If “the important nature of this topic demands it”, then maybe it demands that you do something about it. Because both race and gender are seen as causing some kind of conflict in this work, we need to look at it with a changed perspective from both directions. (In addition, rather than drive people toward art history academia, I’m trying to bring art history academia TO people, although YMMV and it probably does a bit of both.) What’s I’m doing here is going to be sort of based around materials like this: And classes like this: [source] It’s been my hope that some of the questions I ask and ruminate on during the course of what is basically liveblogging a research project can be seized upon by academic disciplines that are specialized, and given the time and attention they deserve. What I do here is certainly specialized, but it’s interdisciplinary. It’s about how these things fit together and create a narrative we can follow, and that we can relate to today. It’s my hope that people can see what is already here, and take this lens to the histories of science, literature, philosophy, and even the history of history. Part of that involves me being only one person and subject to human limitations, but it’s also about inspiring inquiry. Maybe history has a mystery it’s waiting for you to solve.
On Monday 13 October the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee met with lawyers, academics and legal research institutes from across Wales as part of their inquiry into making laws in the Fourth Assembly.
The event was introduced by the Chair, David Melding AM and was followed by a presentation by Daniel Greenberg, Parliamentary Counsel on what constitutes quality legislation. In focusing on what constitutes quality legislation, Mr. Greenberg explored the meaning of “quality”, with particular emphasis on what legislation means to different groups of people, in addition to the aims of legislation and the language choices used.
In group discussions, attendees and Assembly Members explored questions and issues surrounding drafting techniques, policy development and explanation and Assembly scrutiny, and allowed invited representatives to share their views on what could be done to improve how laws are made in the Fourth Assembly.
The Committee will now consider the outcomes of the discussions, alongside other evidence given in formal evidence sessions and in written format. They will use this information to write a report about the issue which will include recommendations to the Welsh Government.
More information about the inquiry can be found here: www.senedd.assemblywales.org/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=...
Ar Ddydd Llun 13 Hydref cyfarfu’r Pwyllgor Materion Cyfansoddiadol a Deddfwriaethol â cyfreithwyr, academyddion a sefydliadau ymchwil gyfreithiol ledled Cymru fel rhan o’i ymchwiliad i ddeddfu yn y Pedwerydd Cynulliad.
Cyflwynwyd y digwyddiad gan y Cadeirydd, David Melding AC, a ddilynodd gyda cyflwyniad gan Daniel Greenberg, Cwnsler Seneddol ar beth a olygir wrth ansawdd deddfwriaeth. Yn ffocysu ar beth a olygir wrth ansawdd deddfwriaeth, archwiliodd Mr. Greenberg ystyr “ansawdd”, gyda pwyslais penodol ar beth mae deddfwriaeth yn ei olygu i grwpiau wahanol o bobl, yn ogystal a ddibenion deddfwriaeth a’r dewisiadau iaith sy’n cael ei wneud.
Mewn trafodaethau grwp, archwiliodd cyfranogwyr ac Aelodau Cynulliad y cwestiynau a’r materion oddeutu dulliau drafftio, datblygu ac esbonio polisïau a gwaith craffu y Cynulliad, a ganiataodd cynrychiolwyr i fynegi barn a’r hyn y dylid ei wneud i fynd i’r afael a wella sut mae deddfu’n digwydd yn y Pedwerydd Cynulliad.
Bydd y Pwyllgor yn ystyried canlyniadau’r trafodaethau, ochr yn ochr â thystiolaeth arall a roddwyd mewn sesiynau tystiolaeth ffurfiol ac yn ysgrifenedig. Bydd yn defnyddio’r wybodaeth hon i ysgrifennu adroddiad ar y mater a fydd yn cynnwys argymhellion i Lywodraeth Cymru.
Gellir cael rhagor o wybodaeth am yr ymchwiliad yma: www.senedd.cynulliadcymru.org/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId...
July 10, 2010 - Protesters took to the streets to call for an inquiry into police actions during the G20 Toronto Summit.
The Bannatynes held Corra or 'Corrocks' from the Abbey of Kelso from the twelfth century. In 1400 the Abbot appointed an inquiry as to the succession of William Bannatyne to the estate. There was a scattering of Bannatyne families around Scotland around that time, most notably in Forfarshire (from where the Cora family probably came) and Bute. They are thought to have built the castle here in either the 15th century (MacGibbon & Ross) or 16th century. I am guessing they aquired the estate from the church at the Reformation because in 1695 Sir J. Bannatyne is said to have sold the estate to a William Somerville of Cambusnethan*.
*For those, like me, that like their genealogy, this (widely reported) William Somerville is a bit of a mystery. There are extensive pedigrees of the Somerville family, but I am unable to identify him. I have found (in Stirnet) a William Somerville of Cambusnethan, ancestor of the Somervilles of Kennox, but he doesn't fit in with the known Somervilles of Cambusnethan.
You may remember (if you read it!) that I wrote fairly extensively under Cawthalley Castle about the relationship between the Lords Somerville and their cousins at Cambusnethan, and how eventually in 1647, James Somerville of Drum, de jure 10th Lord Somerville, bought Cambusnethan back again. So there should be a William Somerville a generation or 2 after the 10th Lord, but there isn't!
But, maybe there never was, because there is a different link to the Bannatynes of Corehouse.
Like many another laird in the mid-17th century, with civil war raging all around him, the 10th Lord Somerville was very aware that backing the wrong side could cost him his head and his heir his inheritance. His son, James Master of Somerville (and future de jure 11th Lord) had joined the King's Guard in Edinburgh, but when Charles II decided to march into England, Somerville senior managed to remove his son from the royal guard, but not from the army. However, the army's line of march passed within a short distance of Corhouse, where Martha Bannatyne, the Master of Somerville's betrothed lived. She sent Somerville junior a message (prompted by Somerville senior), and on arriving here, he was shut up (hopefully not in the underground dungeon!) until the army was too far off to be rejoined.
While the Royalist army marched to defeat at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651, the Master of Someville duly married Martha Bannatyne at Lesmahagow church on 13 November 1651. Martha was the daughter of John Bannatyne of Corehouse, which would seem to me to be a rather more likely way for Corehouse to have passed to the Somervilles - and what's more, the Master of Somerville's mother was also a Bannatyne - the 10th Lord Somerville having married Lilias Bannatyne, daughter of Sir James Bannatyne of Newhall.
So I am not saying that Sir William Somerville of Cambusnethan neither existed nor bought Corehouse, after all, MacGibbon & Ross tell us he did, I'm just saying I can't find him and there is a possible alternative connection.
Selected division and regional education supervisors from the Department of Education in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (DepEd ARMM) completed a two-day “appreciative team development” workshop from 14 to 15 November 2013 as a preparatory process for the series of project planning workshops that they will conduct under the initiative “Boosting Advancement and Development of Gains in Education.” Facilitated by SEAMEO INNOTECH, the appreciative team development workshop enabled its participants to collectively come up with a process design and implementation plan for the three-day workshops that they will hold under the BADGE initiative.
Paulo Pinheiro, Chairperson, Independent Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic briefs the press on the human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic during the period between July 2018 to mid-January 2019, Palais des Nations. 28 february 2019, as well as the latest developments in the country on the human rights front. UN Photo by Violaine Martin
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The province will hold a public inquiry into money laundering that has distorted B.C.’s economy, fuelled the overdose crisis, and driven up housing prices.
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Hall, Arthur Cyril Hornby
Vicar of All Saints Church, Turnditch
Died 29th June 1919
Buried in Turnditch (All Saints’) Churchyard
1911 Census
Hall, Arthur Cyril Hornby
Born Burnley, Lancashire, 1885
A clergyman
Boarding at the home of Charlotte Whyte, of 23, Hesketh Place, Fleetwood, Lancashire
Death registered in Belper, Derbyshire, September Quarter of 1919, aged 33
Newspaper Report Derby Daily Telegraph 1st July 1919
“VICAR OF TURNDITCH’S TRAGIC DEATH.
FOUND SHOT DEAD IN HIS STUDY.
Peace Celebrations Dispute.
DEPRESSING EFFECT OF WAR WORK.
The inquiry into the tragic death of the Rev. Arthur Cyril Hall, vicar of Turnditch, was held by Mr. R. W. Sale (district coroner) at the vicarage on Monday afternoon.
Mr. Luke Franklin, father in law of the vicar, said the deceased gentleman was 33 years of age and had been married 7 years. Witness had known the rev. gentleman since 1910, and recently came to stay at the vicarage. The deceased had never given any indication of suicide. He went out to France in the middle of 1916 as chaplain to the forces, and returned a year afterwards. He fell into a shell-hole and injured his knee badly. He was in the heavy attacks on the Somme, and had some narrow escapes while with the forces. Like all other military men, he did not care to talk of his experiences as a rule. On returning to England he was in hospital at Sheffield for three months. What he had gone through pulled him down immensely, said witness, his health suffering a good deal. He was very depressed after discharge from hospital.
The Coroner: I don’t wonder at anyone being affected by their experiences out there.
Proceeding, witness said the rev. gentleman also contracted influenza in a severe form in March last. Lately he had appeared much depressed. He had turned quiet in his manner, whereas he was usually a lively man. Witness believed he had been troubled over his work at Turnditch, there having been some dispute and one faction against another as to the form of the local peace celebrations and whether the vicar should take part therein. All this Mr. Hall had felt a great deal.
Coming to the tragedy itself, witness said that Mrs. Hall woke him up and said she was afraid her husband had shot himself. She had just heard a report, and asked witness to have a look in the study. Witness repaired to the study and found the rev. gentleman lying on the floor in a pool of blood. He was bleeding badly and was apparently dead. Near his right hand was the revolver (produced), there being one spent cartridge therein. Witness immediately sent a message for the doctor. When witness saw Mr. Hall alive the previous night he appeared as usual in his manner, and there was nothing about him to suggest that he premeditated a rash act.
Sergt. Morley (intervening) said the revolver was a German one, which deceased had brought back from the war.
Mrs. Phyllis Marjory Hall, who was extremely agitated whilst giving evidence, owing to the shock she had undergone, said that previous to the war service deceased was engaged in the East End of London. He came to Turnditch partly on account of his own health, but more in the interest of witness’s health. Her husband had never spoken much to witness about his many experiences at the front. Witness, however, gathered that he had had a bad time on the Somme. Her husband was in hospital three months, and after his return home witness found witness formed the impression that what he had gone through had affected him. He was never the same again, remaining in a depressed state. At the same time Mr. Hall had never given witness any idea that he had designs on his life. While suffering from the influenza Mr. Hall became delirious, and witness was of opinion that the influenza had left its mark upon him.
It was true there had been unpleasantness in the village over the peace celebrations, and the trouble had worried Mr. Hall considerably. On Sunday morning deceased rose about 6.30 as he had been sleeping badly for the last few days. This was somewhat earlier than usual, and, asked what he was doing up so soon, Mr. Hall replied that he was going down to look at his sermons. He was then in his dressing gown. An hour afterwards witness heard a noise, and on going into the study to remind her husband about the eight o’clock service she made the tragic discovery. Witness did not stop to examine her husband, but hurried to fetch her father. Witness knew her husband had a revolver in his possession, it being a German one brought back from the war. Witness believed there were cartridges to fit the revolver, but she could not say where her husband had got those from. Her husband was fond of shooting, and was a good shot. Witness added, in conclusion, that the vicar left no note or farewell message.
Dr. H. A. Mason said he was telephoned for to the vicarage, being told that something terrible had happened. Witness arrived about nine o’clock and found the deceased in his study. He was dressed in his pyjamas and dressing gown, and was lying on his left side. There was a large pool of blood on the floor. In the centre of the forehead was a bullet perforation, and another, and larger one at the back of the head. The inside of his left hand was blackened, while some nine inches away lay the revolver. Witness thought the vicar guided the revolver with his left hand, and fired it with his right. There was a bullet hole in the ceiling. Witness added that he had known the vicar since he came to Turnditch. He was depressed in September about his own health, and witness believed he was easily depressed. He improved after this, and then came the serious attack of influenza, which he overcame rather well. Witness had heard nothing about the trouble over peace celebrations in the village.
Police-sergeant Morley deposed to making a search and finding nothing further which would throw light on the tragedy. The vicar was a very sensitive man, witness understood.
The Coroner observed that the vicar had had plenty to upset his mental equilibrium, with first the war, then his own health, and lastly the trouble in the village. No one would have committed this act without being temporarily insane.
A verdict of “Suicide while of unsound mind” was returned.”
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