OTAKI NOTES.
* —■ —- Two'heavy shocks of earthcraake occurred here .on' Sunday morning, but luckily no damage was dono. Tho death occurred hero yesterday morning -of Mr. John Cbotes, youngest son of Mrs. J. Cootes, of .'Rangiura, aged 26 years. Deceased was'a fine athlete, being, ono of the leadtag players m the local football club. Mr. J. G. Stevens has "placed" several large areas of land during tlio past few days, the sales totalling nearly £12,000. Mr. J. G. Harkness has bought a farm on tho Fahiko Estate, whilo Messrs. Jonson, Spurring, and M'Donald, all of Pahiatuaj have bought adjacent sections. As a result of tho above sales it is probable that a school will bo built at Hautere. An accident occurred recently to Eleanor Marino, daughter of Mr. Marino, of Te Horo. The child was returning from a school picnic when a bottle of cordial oxploded, Bending a piece of glass into her eye. She was attended by Dr. Hardwick Smith (who happened to be in the district; and Dr. Hath' waite. They ordered her removal to "Wellington for special treatment;, Dr. Hardwick Smith and tho tter. W. A. Evans, of the Wellington Hospital Board, visited Otaki on Saturday, and inspected tho hospital, sanatorium, and grounds, etc.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19140210.2.8
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1980, 10 February 1914, Page 3
Word count
Tapeke kupu
206OTAKI NOTES. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1980, 10 February 1914, Page 3
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in