NEW ZEALAND.
(Per Press Association.) WANGANUI, last night.A! man named Wilson died at the hospital to-day as the result of injuries while working in the bush. He ,sat on a sharp supplejack, which penetrated his 'body.- He was carried on a stretcher 15 miles through the bush, and then placed in.a conveyance and brought to the hospital. Deceased was a member of the Rougjf Riders contingent in South
The Wanganui Meat Freezing Company have had a successful year, the turn-over being nearly a jquarter of a million pounds. The direcors recommend a dividend of 8 per cent., the writing-off of £2500, and the carrying forward of a balance. WELLINGTON, last night. W. T. Young and D. McLaren, on behalf of the Wharf Laborers and Building Trades Laborers’ Unions, deputationised the Premier yesterday, and urged on him that disputed claims under the Workers’ Compensation for Accidents Act should be dealt .with, by Magistrates, instead of going to the Arbitration Court, the object of the amendment being to save expense and delay. The Premier said that he would look into the matter. NELSON, last night, A protest has been lodged against the election to the Education Board of Mr Boundy, who tied with Mr Phillips, and was successful in the lots drawn. The ground of the protest is that two of the Lower Moutere Committeemen voted for Mr Boundy on July 13th, but the Committee 'as a whole resigned during the progress of the election and jhefore the ballot was counted. ■ The protest will be decided by the Stipendiary Magistrate in accordance ■with section 18 of the Act of 1900. DUNEDIN, last night.
At the inquest on the body, of fAngus MeSwan, a sailor on the baijque Kildalton, found drowned in the harbor yesterday, a verdict of accidentally drowned was returned. Deceased was a native of Skye. He Was a single man, aged 44. i Mr S, H. Mirams, after 40 years’ service with the City, Council 1 and Drainage Board, as engineer, was presented this morning with a purse of £l3O by the Mayor, on 'behalf of the citizens. Mr Mirams was on a sick bed at the time,
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 969, 15 August 1903, Page 1
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