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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 872, 19 July 1910, Page 6

A serious accident befell a single man named George Benjamin , Auckran, employed as a benchman at Messrs. Green ■and Whiteman's sawmill, in the Upper Hutt district, yesterday afternoon. From the meagre information available at a late hour last night, it appears that a' piece of timber became entangled'in tho revolving safr, and rebounding struck thu unfortunato man a severe blow, fracturing tho breast-bone, collar-bone, and several ribs. 'The-.injuries wero temporarily attended to, and the sufferer had to lie conveyed tho best, way possible for a distance" of about ten miles to tile Upper ■Hutt station, and from there he was convcyod to Wellington by'special train. lie was admitted to tho hospital at 11.30 p.m.

Tho Island Bay Ratepayers' Association will hold a social in the Town Hall, Hunter Street, Island Bay, to-night. Messrs. Crichton and M'Kay, architects, invite tenders for tho erection of brick offices, nt Queen Street, Masterfcon, for Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., St. Patrick's C-ollego reopons on Thursday, July 21. A new class in first aid for women .of St. John Ambulance will open on Friday, at tho Oddfellows' Hall, Lambton Quay, opposite K-elburno Avenue, at 8 p.m. Feo for course, 7s. fid; subsequent examination, 2s. Gd. The second /day o£ tho Wellington Racing Club's wintor Steeplcchaso meeting vfil ba held to-morrow.