TELEGRAMS. (PNR PREES ASSOCATION)

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 August 1915, Page 3

TELEGRAMS. (PNR PREES ASSOCATION)

A PREMATU-.E MEMORIAL SERVICE. Nelson, This Day. ■Word has been received that Captain Houilker, previously reported killed and lor whom a crowded memorial service was held in the Cathedral last evening. is now reported wounded —not killed. N.Z. CHAMPION BOXER KILLED IN ACTION . Auckland, This Day. A private telegram from the Minister of Dofeuce states tfiat as the result of. enquiries it has been ascertained thu Corporal Charles Savory was killed iu action on May Bth. Savoryi was the amateur heavyweight champion boxer of New Zoaiand, and a member of the Australasian Northern Union team, which toured England. FATAL ACCIDENT. TAIiIAiTI;. Tins Day. ' A bushinan named i'rank Gray, a married man with three children, slipped on the tramline, and was run over by a truck of logs at Berg Brothers' sawmill at lloropito on Saturday morning. He sustained serious injuries and he was taiten to the Taihapo hospital where lie succumbed on Saturday afternoon. ODDS ON THE FINE. Gisborne, This Day. in tlm S.M. Court to-day, '' Charles Croon pleaded guilty to a- charge of loitering in the puolic street for the purpose of betting. A fine of £T0 and costs was imposed, the alternative being two months' imprisonment.