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S.E. ENGLAND ELECTRICITY SCHEME. BRITISH MATERIALS TO BE USED.

The whole of the material used in the contract placed by the Central Electricity Board with the General Electric Co., Ltd., for one section of the overbead trans- mission lines in the south-east of England, will be manufactured in Great Britain.

An official of the company stated that the contract, the "value of which was approximately £500,000, would cover" the erection of the 132,000 volt line in the district north of the Thames, stretching from Reading on the west to Peterborough on the north," and Ipswich" and Colchester on the east. The total mileage of the overhead trans- mission would be 254 miles, and the total actual length of conductor would be 1,800 miles,

The contract would be carried out by the General Electric Company with the assistance of their associated company, the Pirelli-General Cable Works, Ltd., of. Southampton, the latter company carrying out all the actual erection work. The work of erection would take In all three years, and employment would be given in the actual erection work to between 500 and 1,000 men. In addition to that employment would be given to large numbers in the manufacture of the stoel towers, atecl aluminium conductors insulators, and other accessories.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 19

Witness: Isaw him in my of- fico about four or five times in 1928, and three times last year, in July and Augusta Aug,

The Coronor What effect, in your opinion, would this have on his mental condition

"Witness: On account of the changes in the blood pressure, there might be changes in the brain too. which may lead to mental degenera- tion. W

There was a large attendance The Coroner: Do you know If of Police officials, members of the he was in a normal condition when China Mail and Sunday Herald he saw you?I saw that, he was alaffs, and other persons interest rather excited in his genticulations. was depressed. Ia. ed as witnesses, at the Coroner's He said he enquiry, opened before Mr. E. W conveyed the impression of being Hamilton at the Central Magis irritated. The last time he saw tracy yesterday afternoon, into the me, he said he was much better, the and he did not come back nguin, “ circumstances surrounding double tragedy which occurred on New Year's Night, when Mr. G. W. C. Burnett, the Managing Director of the China Mail and Sunday Herald and Mrs. Caroline Elizabeth Burnett, his wife, were found dead, from bullet wounds in the head, at their house at No. 110, The Peak.

A jury comprised of Messrs. V. G. Kerley, W. J. Waddington and H. T. Buxton was empanelled. with Mr. Kerley as foreman.

the The enquiry opened with medical evidence, given by Dr. S. S. Strahan, who had been attending Mr. Burnett, and by Dr, Alexander Cannon, who performed the post mortem examination. The former Anid that on the occasions that Mr. Burnet had been to see him, he found the doceased to be suffer ing from raised blood pressure and weakness in the muscles. of the heart, attended by sisena manifested of excitement and irritability: while the latter witness said that the fatal wound in the case of Mrs, Burnett was not self-inflicted, and In the case of Mr. Burnett, self. inflicted.

At the outset of the proceedings, the Coroner said that it was a joint enquiry into the death of Mr. G. W. C. Burncit and that of his wife, Mrs. Caroline Elizabeth Burnett, which occurred on found January 1. They dead, apparently having been shot, In their house.

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His Worship anticipated no dif- ficulty whatever in arriving at the facts. The main point before the jury would he to arrive at the mental condition of the principal actor in the tragedy. In this, they would be assisted by a great deal of medical evidence, given by two witnesses, Dr. S., S. Strahan and Dr. A. Cannon. It was proposed to deal first with the evidence of Dr. Strahan as he was the first doctor to see the body. As far as they knew. the deaths occurred between 9 and 9.30 in the evening.

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Causes of Death.

Replying to another “question, witness agreed that from what ho discovered of the condition of Mr. Burnett there was nothing to aug- gest at the time that it would lead to suicidal tendencies.

The Post Mortem.

Dr. Alexander Cannon, medionl officer in charge of Victoria Mortuary, who was next called, said that he conducted"a" post: mortem examination, at 11.45 on the morning of January, 2, of the remains of Mrs. Barnett, who ap peared to be aged about 60.

Speaking of the cause of death, he said that it was primarily due to a gunshot wound in the head, the position of the wound showing that it could not have been self- inflicted. The secondary cause of death was haemorrhage..

The direction of the wound was. from the crown of the head down- wards towards the base of the skull, and then towards the left ear. Witness presumed that the deceased would be lying back at the time and that the party firing the revolver would be doing so

result from behind. The fracture of the base of the skull, causing instantaneous death. A bullet of 32 calibre was, extracted by witness from the skull, and wit ness said that the wound was .con- sistent with the use of a revolver of this calibre.

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Speaking of the post-mortem ex amination he made of the body of Mr. Burnett, witness said that the primary cause of death in this case was a gunshot wound which ex- ended clean through the head. It started in the left temple, a finger's breadth in front of the left car, and passed out of the head, rough- ly two finger's beadth above the right ear. The size of the wound was consistent with the use of "a second bullet of the same 32 calibre produced by the police, and was also consistent with a left handed suicidal wound,

The Coroners-Was Mr. Burnett left handed - think he was ambidextrous,

Dr. S. S. Strahan, a member of

A Wenk Heart. - the medical firm of Allan and Strahan, stated that. be, received a

Referring to Mr. Burnett's gen- Lelephone message from Mr. T. Heral physical condition, Dr. Cannon King (the Divisional Superinten- dent, Director of Criminal Intel-aid that the heart showed marked degeneration, which meant that he ligence) at about 6 minutes to 11 had an excessively weakened heart. on the night of January 1. asking As regards the brain, there was no him to go to Mr. Burnell's house,

evidence to the naked eye of any Later, witness met Mr. King and organic disease beyond the fact universally they went together to the house, that congestion was where he found the bodies of Mr.present throughout the brain. The and Mrs. Burnett, whom witness arteries of the brain had becomɑ knew personally. Mr. Burnett was thickened and hardened. sitting in an arm chair, and Mrs. Burnett was sitting on a couch. They were both dead.

The cause of death, continued witness, in the of Mrs. Burnett, was a bullet wound in the head.

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The Coroner:-I understand Mr. Burnett was a personal friend of yours-That is correct.

I think that as a friend he con sulted you ?--Yes, he did. He came to me some months ago and said that he could get nobody to give In reply to the Coroner, witness him a thorough overhaul. He was said he made no further examina- worried about his heart. I gave him an examination and arrived tion. He did not, however,

at the conclusion that he had a sider that the wound could have

markedly high blood pressure, and been self-inflicted.

an enlarged heart with a weak Witness examined Mr. Burnett action. His nervous system, too, and found him, dead. In his case

was wenk. From the symptoms also, donth was caused by a bullet displayed, Mr. Burnett had evident wound in the head. The woundly suffered from angina pectoria could have been self-inflicted. during the past few months, and it Judging by the tension of the body, must have commenced many years witness should imagine that death ago.

had occurred an hour or so before. The Coroner:-This was only In reply to the Coroner, witness discovered through his exposition' said that Mr. Burnett had been to to you?—Yes.. see him at his office, in 1928 and also in 1929, Decensed was suffer- ring from raised blood pressure and weakness of the muscles of the heart.

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Mentality Question. The Coroner:-In the first place, have you any opinion as to Mr. Burnett's mentality? Did you re- gard him as a perfectly normal (Continued on Page 11.)

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