TELEGRAMS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 September 1916, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

♦ . frSR PIIKHS ASSOCIATION .1 A DAY OF EXOITKMKNT IX ' NAPI EH. Napier, Last Niyht. A chapter of accidents occurred in Napier to-day. At 5.30 a.in. a iirc broke out in tin l main business block and destroyed a shop and worth of goods. At 10.30 a.m. .1. -Roach, a small storekeeper at Port Aliuriri, was thrown out of his eart and had his skull fractured. At 2.30 p.m. 1"). Grant, an employee in Barrv Pres.. broke bis in a con lya rd,. At 3.30 p.m. a married woman laden with parcels and shopping, while passing under a new building, a picture theatre, wa.s struck on the head with a bucket, of -cement from a scaffolding and sustained a fracture of the skull. The drphtberia epidemic continues and two patients were admitted to the hospital during the the day. and one of scarlet fever during the -tifternoon. A man chased his wife with an axe through the streets of Napier South. 'Hie police are investigating.