Two Tractor Drivers Killed

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31098, 29 June 1966, Page 1

Two Tractor Drivers Killed

Two men were killed on Monday when tractors equipped with front - end loaders turned over, one in North Canterbury and one in Poverty Bay. The first suffered fatal injuries when his tractor turned over, pinning him underneath, on a farm near Motunau about It a.m. He was Mervyn lan Robert, aged 37, a widower. Mr Robert was employed on the 5000-acre fam. Happy Valley, of Mr C. N. Mackenzie. The accident occurred when Mr Robert was driving along a 25 degree slope, going around the sheep. Mr Robert’s body was not found until the evening. Mr J. Delaney, foreman for the Motunau Rabbit Board, was attracted to the scene by the dogs’ barking. Two dogs had stayed with Mr Robert and the tractor. An inquest yesterday into the death was adjourned sine die after evidence of identifi-

I cation had been given before Mr C. N. Mackenzie, J.P. Bank Gave Way ! The second man was killed ■ instantly on Monday afternoon near Katikati when a ■ bank gave way, causing the ! vehicle he was driving to overturn, the Press Association reported. He was Ronald Holmes, aged 20, eldest son of Mr and Mrs W. Holmes, of Wrights road, Katikati. Mr Holmes was shifting the front-end loader between two quarries. He tried to miss a pot-hole while driving along a swamp filling; the two front wheels of the vehicle sank ■ into the soft earth and it cap- ' sized. There had been heavy rain for several hours. Hit By Engine A railway worker was killed at 7.47 a.m. yesterday at Kamo when the jigger he was riding collided with a railway locomotive. He was Eric Ataa, also known as Eric

I Edmonds, aged 52, married, of Kamo. Mr Ataa was driving his jigger south when he collided with a train travelling north ! about 200 yards north of the ' station road overhead bridge. Scooter In Collision A 19-year-old man was I killed instantly on Monday night when his motor scooter collided with a car. He was Michael Turney, of Jorys road, No. 3 R.D., Ohaupo. The accident occurred about 5.45 p.m. on the main Hamil-ton-Te Awamutu highway, a few miles from Te Awamutu. The driver of the car, Mr W. G. Marton, of Ohaupo. was not injured. Both vehicles were travelling north. Found In Pool The body of a 30-year-old man was found at the bottom of a hot pool in the grounds of the Geyserland Motor Hotel, Whakarewarewa, late on Monday night. His name is being withheld

till relatives overseas have been informed. The dead man arrived last Friday and was booked to stay at the hotel till next Saturday. He was found about 11.30 p.m. by two brothers, Messrs K and B. Mahon, of Rotorua, when they went for a swim in the pool, which is 4ft deep. Dr. T. C. Trott was called and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation was given for 40 minutes without success. , Identified A man who was burned to death in a fire in Grafton on June 8 has been identified. He was

William Samuel McMullan, aged 44, a clerk, of 21 Carlton Gore road. Toll Now 247 Up to 4.30 p.m. yesterday 247 traffic deaths this year have been reported to the Transport Department. At [this time last year the total i was 292. ' The toll this month is 50, compared with 46 at the same time last