WELLINGTON.
December 11. There are seventeen candidates from Wellington for the University examination. The Wellington and Foxton coach capsized just before leaving town early this morning. The driver was in the act of turning round, when the wheels became locked, and resulted in the coach turning over. Mr Edward Mullock, of Flaxton, Canterbury, who occupied a box seat, was thrown to the ground, and the coach falling on him fractured his hip. The others escaped without injury. Dr Hammond, of Timaru, has been appointed to the vacant post of resident surgeon to the Wellington Hospital. It is uudeistood that the Government are in communication with Mrs Bernard Moore, the well known lady lecturer on the nursing of the sick, in the hope of inducing her to undertake the charge of this important branch of tbe hospital service.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3564, 11 December 1882, Page 3
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137WELLINGTON. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3564, 11 December 1882, Page 3
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