LOCAL AND GENERAL

Chronicle (Levin), 12 May 1947, Page 4

LOCAL AND GENERAL

County Inspeotion The Horowhenua County Council last week carried out its annual inspectio'n of roads and areas under its jurisaiction.

Knocked Down by Car A retired solicitor died on Saturday night as the result of being knocked down by a motor car on Friday evening. He was Mr. Cecil Lancelot Drew, aged 65, si'ngle, of Remuera. As far as is known he had no relatives in New Zealand. County Building Fourteen buildjng permits were issued during -the month representing buildings to the total value of £13,039, stated the county engineer, Mr. W. H.- Fraser, to the council on Friday. During the ■ ,ame period last year 13 permits were issued to the value of £8458. Child Killed by Train A 14 months old baby, • Patricia Snelling, was ... killed instantly when she was ' struck by the express from Christchurch to the West Coast nean 'the Sockburn railway crossing. The child crawled underneath the front fence of a house situat'ed alongsiqe the flne. Her parepts reside at Lower Hutt. . . Cars Collide ' ' , Two cars collided on the Palmerston NorthM-Foxton highway tiear the Half-crown bend last evening, with, fortuhately, no serious ihjury to any of the occupants. Mr. C. J. P, O'Leary was returning to his farm at Mangawhata and Mr. ,and Mrs? S. ..Scott oo Feilding. Mrs. Scott suffered a bump on the bqad and a slight injury to a wri£t. The cars were not seriously damaged. Chinaman Found Injured A Chinaman, Shing Kee, aged 43, of Foxton, was admitted to the Palmerston Nort.h Hospital yesterday suffering from a cut in the back of the head, and bruises to his face. He was found lying in a vacant section at Foxton by Mr. E. Titcombe at 8.30 a.m. yesterday. The Chinaman's clothing was scattered around the section. He appeared very dazed and was unable to say what had happened to him. The police are investigating. Man Ove'rboard Cries for help from a man in the harbour were heard by the ferry boat master (Captain H. Pitcher) at 10 o'clock on Friday night as the ferry was travelling from Devonport to Auckland. A Maori passenger shouted, "Man overboard!" and dived over the side to rescue him. ' The man in»the water was Mr. Laurie Swarford, aged 50. The captain stopped the * boat and trained a searchlight on the man, who was taken aboard after a boat had been lowered. Mr. Swarford was admitted to hospital and his condition was satisfactory. Exchange in Difficulties Owing to the telephne exchange of the Levin Post£>ffice being considerably overloaded, no more

mbscribers will be nonnected except those classified as urgent, stated the postmaster, Mr. L. A. Whitham, this morning. The present outdated equipment . could not cops with the additional service required of it, and this restriction was necessary if a satisfacttory service was to be maintained. An effort was being made to run an extra 10 party line to Waitarere Beach, which Would be lmked up with the,. new exchange expected to be conipleted in July. Man Killed When Car Overturns One man was killed and another was injured when a car overturned near the junction of the LytteltonGovernor's Bay • and Dyer's Pass Roads early on ' Saturday morning. The casualties were:— Killed: Stanley Hogwood, aged about 26, of Riccarton, single. Injured; William Orton Langdown, aged about 37, of Governor's- Bay. Mr. Langdown, who is the owner of the car, received only slight injuries, which did not necessitate his admission to hospital. He w.as a passenger in the front seat of the car. Tne accident occurred about 1 a.m., when the car ran off the road and overturned after a tyre had been punctured. .