TELEGRAMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 18 November 1921, Page 1

TELEGRAMS.

fBV TELEGRAPH PER PRESS ASSOCIATION I HALS. CHATMAAi. WELLINGTON, Nov. Id. 11.A1.5. Chatham, which recently completed a ten weeks' cruise in the tropic.*, ha* come to Wellington to on able the crew to-atlond the mu*kotry course at Trcntliam. She "ill return to Auckland at Christmas and probably make another cruise m the outlying islands early next year. A’ory little is i eaicl about New Zaelaud’s navy or the work being dunes in lI.M S. Philomel iu training youths for naval service at *ea. Captain A. G. Ilotliaiu. of the hatham. speaks enthusiastieally of the batch ol lad* recently drafted from the Philomel to the Chatham. Over thirty young seamen and sinker*. New Zealand trained, are now serving in the Chatham and have proved most soli.*factorv.

A WOMAN’S DEATH. HI EX 11 ELM, Nov. 17. An inquest «n* hold over the death oi Hose Stafford, a Maori woman, aged 2ti years, who died I'ruiu injuries received in an accident that occurred on the Spring Creek mad on September The coroner found :i verdict that deceased died from injuiics received in a collision between ;r trap driven by her and a motor car driven by John Emlyn Thomas. The coroner said the evidence showed negligence on the part of Thomas. There also was some evidence that Thomas was drunk while in charge of a car, but as this was contradicted. it was not conclusive. In view of possible further proceedings, the coroner would make no lurther comment.