TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 April 1920, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

[PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. —COPYRIGHT.] OBITUARY. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Obituary—Dr Courtney Nedwill, aged 83. He was one of the early practitioners of Christchurch. He came to New Zealand in 1863 and was one of the surgeons to the hospital for over thirty years. He also held the position of

health officer for Christchurch district with outside practice. He was prominjently assoeih|ted with rifle shooting, cricket, and lawn tennis being president of Canterbury Tennis Association for many years,

TWO VIOLENT DEATHS. HAMILTON. This Day. Marjory Baker, aged 18 years, riding a bicycle collided with a motor car on Saturday night and was thrown heavily to the ground. She sustained a severe fracture of the base of the skull and was conveyed to Waikato Hospital where she died early ’thos morning. Olive Baker aged 2, who was struck by a train while being wheeled over a railway crossing, at Huntly on Thursday and was admitted to Waikato Ho?-, pitnl, died yesterday.

A ROUGH EXPERIENCE. WELLINGTON, This Day. The little coastal vessel Koutonui met the full force of the recent southerly gale when bound from Wellington to East Coast stations. The Koutonui met the storm off Capo Paliiser and the skipper decided to endeavour to return to port, but a heavy hawser- on the forecastle head washed over the side and became entangled with the port propeller, causing great trouhlc, Two anchors were run out, and facing the storm tbe vessel went full steam ahead. Meanwhile the Koutonui commenced to drag shorewards ,and at one time was within a stone’s throw of the reef. Heavy seas wore shipped stoving in the door of the crew’s messroom, and shattering the wooden bulkhead of the saloon. The invading seas broke -the partition between the saloon and the space overlooking the stokehold with the result that the water flooded the stokehold till it was level with the stokehold plates. The aperture of the pumps down below became jammed with debris, but was ultimately cleaned out. A portion of the hawser was cut away, but this did not free the propelior. The port anchor cable parted hut the weather improving, the Koutonui was able to steam out to sea, at half a knot per hour until at 8 a.m., on Saturday she was 20 miles off the land. The gale having moderated the vessel was enabled to come in1;o port..

THE MTSSING SCOW. TAURANGA, This Day. The launch which left hero on Thursda last in charge of Captain Berridge to search for the missing scow Kahn, returned on Saturday afternoon after a thorough search of Alderman and Mercury Island and down the Coast to Skippers. No trace of the scow or any wreckage was found. It is surmised the Kalin has foundered. FINED FOR PROFITEERING. WELLINGTON, This Day. Bertie Smith, a grocer was charged with profiteering by selling Meliin’s food at 3s 9d per bottle, a gross profit of 64 per cent. Ho was fined £IOO and £7 costs.