NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1629, 21 December 1912, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(Bjr Tolegraph.—Proia Aesooiation.) KILLED ON THE RAILWAY. ACCIDENT AT WASHDYKE. Timaru, December 20. A sad railway accidcnt occurred this morning. Mr«. M. O'Connor, the wife ut a Seadown fai'iiwr, was being driven to town by hor son, a lad of 17,' and was bringing with hor o boy named Tuite, aged Gor 7. Theparty had reached tho crossing of tho Fairlie blanch line, on the main road, near Washdyke/and as a train was approaching. and hearing tbe first warning whistio, tiio boy whipped up to got over the lino, though the tram was near. Tho driver whistled again, and the youth says this caused tiio liorso to stop when just ovor tho rail. The wigine struck tho vohiclo and threw it and its occupants some distance. Mrs. O'Connor was killed outright, and the child seriously, and probably fatally, injured in tho head. Tho youth O'Connor was unhurt. The horse was freed by the oollision and galloped off. COMPENSATION FOR INJURIES. Dunedln, December 20. ■ ' In tho Arbitration Court to-day it .was announced that tho case, Peter Nicol versus tho King, a claim on account of injuries sustained while working for tho Government • in. a channel tunnel, had been settled, tho plaintiff receiving' .£22 10s. in all. ' MATHEMATICS FOR DUNTROON CADETS, Dunedin, December 20. Mr. Belcher, the new principal of Christ's College, in an interview hero, announced hia intention of instituting a course in higher mathematics involving twelve instead of six hours' study weekly for pupils who intended "to enter the Duntroon Military College in Australia or to take the civil engineering course. Mr. Belcher points out that while the entrance examination at Duntroon is comparatively elementary the examination the students are expected to pass there results in their failure and early dismissal. KOTUKU OILFIELDS. Dannevirke, December 20. The Kotuku Oilfields Syndicate has erected a new rig in the Waipatiki Valley, a mile away from tho first one. Boring started in the new locality to-day. STORM AT CARTERTON. Carterton, December 20. A wind 6torm of unusual fury visited the district yesterday, and did considerable damage to orchards, gardens, hayfields, etc. It was a common .sight to Bee hav stacked against fences, the paddocks oeing cleared entirely. The weather was calm and sunny to-day.