TELEGRAMS

Hokitika Guardian, 21 March 1923, Page 3

TELEGRAMS

[DV TSt.EGHAPIf —I'EK TMtESS ASSOCIATION A BOY KILLED. DUNEDIN. March 20. A tragic accident happened nt Anderson’s Bay crossing, in the city, at 3.30 this afternoon, a. little boy. .John Driver agod five, being the victim. A shunicr. going home from duty, noticed a hoy lying alongside the railway line, just within the goods yards railings. The little chap apparently had been run over by some trucks which were being shunted, and all his limbs, bulb legs and arms were badly crushed. He was quite conscious, and was aide to give iiis name and address. He also was able to tell hew the accident occurred, saying that he had been riding on trucks behind the shunting engine, and one had run over him. He was taken to the hospital, where all his limbs were amputated; hut he died shortly before 11 to-night. SWIMMING. AUCKLAND, March 20. At the summer carnival, swimming gala, the ladies’ lOOvds. Invitation Race resulted Miss Hoeft J. Miss Wyie, (N.S.W.) 2, Miss I’iri Page ( Auckland) 3. MBs Walrond 4. Won by a touch. Time fiOsecs. Tn the junior girls lOOvds championship of Auckland. Miss D. Magee broke the New Zealand record by 2sccs.. covering the distance in 79secs. The intermediate ladies' championship 75yds was won. by Miss Page in 43 2—., j secs. The previous X.Z. record was ■>! secs. SAWMILL FATALITY. AUCKLAND. March 21. Hans Victor Olsen was killed instantly at Rouse’s timber mill, Mercer, through being struck by timber wldcli flew off the circular saw. His age was twenty-three. PROBATION. GISBORNE, March 21. At the Supreme Court. Roy Charles Dorn, for breaking, entering and stealing £9O, from the auction mart, was admitted to two years probation. CHARGE OF COE RERTfOX. CHRISTCHURCH. March 21. Robert Duncan Benjamin, of Christchurch a builder who has held many contracts for soldiers’ houses, pleaded guilty to a charge of corruption, in that he offered a cheque for live pounds to Air Stuart. Valuer of the Lands Department, as an inducement to show defendant a favour in relation to houses built or being built. Counsel for defence said that although the plea of guilty was entered. Benjamin did not admit that the cheque was given as a bribery, hut merely in recognition of Stuart’s promptitude in passing plans and certifying for progress payments. The Magistrate, in imposing a fine of £25. expressed satisfaction that graft and bribery were not. common in tin, business community. The case was the first of its kind in New Zealand,