PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1530, 28 August 1912, Page 5

PALMERSTON DAY BY DAY.

*- (By Telegraph.—Special Correspondent.) { [ Palmcrston, August 2". I A somewhat serious accident happened ' to Mr.. J. Batchelar, of Fitzherbsrt, this '■ morning. He wa = driving into town, ! and was crossing the big bridge over the , Manaivatc Kiver, leading into Paliuer- • ston, when the horse took fright, and the ■ vehicle collided with the side of the struc- . ture. Mr. Batchelar was thrown out, I and' suffered from concussion for a time, t besides sustaining several severe cuts and , bruises. Both shafts of the g'S ,verH ] smashed, and the horse galloped into town f with portions of thorn dangling on either » side. It was, however, caught before 1 anything further happened. Another vehicle accident of an even i more serious nature happened at Pohanga, t a couple of days ago. A horse in a trap f driven bv Miss Spelman stumbled whilst s going down a hill, the young lady and s her mother being thrown out, and the fori nw-r bavinz her arm broken. The horse r> then bolted with the trap, which still i ontnincd Miss Annie Spchniiii. This I youn* ladv, with great presence of mind, ? made her' wnv along the shaft, and r<s covered the reins, and pulled the horse " un. , If The Palmerston Sunday School . llcncnV ers' Union held its minuii! WK'tiiig lasj 1 evening. The report Mated that, nf KM n pupils entered for the local criminations, ■' S7 had passed. Mr. G. H. Bennett was v elected president. Messrs. .T. .T. YVhite- •■■ bond and •!. Wallace vice-presidents, ami : Mr. P. E. Hodder secretory and treasurer, s At a' meeting this afternoon the Mana- '• watu Employers' Association ■ appointed i- Mc«n=. M. J. Kennedy. A. E. Bennett, K. f S. Abraham, and AY. M'Kcnzie as de eeatcs to attend the annual meeting of the T Employers' Federation.