DOMINION STEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 March 1923, Page 3

DOMINION STEMS.

[nV TEI.KGItAVII— PER ritF.SS ASSOCIATION.] SWIMMING. AUCKLAND. March 20. The Australian lady swimmers appeared at the Auckland carnival tonight. TheJLlyds. Invitation Race resulted:- Miss Alina Wylie 1, Mu . Pauline iioeft 2. Miss Phi Page •*!. Mi-s Violent V.alrcnd did not start. Won by two yards. Time GSvvcs. Mi s Yenning won the breast-stroke haudica)) from scratch : and Miss Wyl io (also from m r.) was third in the 300yds invitation relay race, the Auckland ladies’ team, head'd by Miss Hoeft. heating Misses Wvlie. \ i-nniug ami Edna Walroml by several yards. RAM AG E CLAIM". AUCKLAND. Marcli 2(5. in an action for damages against Dr Fra'-er Hurst, the defendant’s ecnn=el admitted it wa- the duty of every surgeon to excrei.-e the Lest o' id- -l-dll and Ids ntmu.-t car'.'. Niglig'nce had been describe I as. “nut to do what a reasonable man would do under the 1-in umstain os." The test ol this was v hat was habitually (lone in tiie same or similai circumstances. It was on thi.. that his client's < a-e rested. He contended that a fourth operation only was duo to a sv, ah. Dr Eraser Hurst sf.it. d that he look particular precautions at operations. Tiie operation was sitcces-lnL 'V ■ f-r the avcidenl. it might li.nv hern imkcu for a model optr.ition. .' !t! -‘ r discovering tim -wa l '. Im made no conccaliiU'in of the frn ( although it would have I’.een (jiiitc easy to prevent anyone seeing it. He recorded in the hospital hook that the swab was found. He had a, high opinion of his assistant. The ease lias not eon. Imled. OPEN VERDICT. AVEI.LINt ITON. March 2d. No further light has been thrown open the Town Hall fatality. Robert Smith, aged GO. an ex-employee o| ~.e Cue Council, who was found (Lad in a lilt' well. He. aa-ed la I '’ "> mate cl a mental asylum, bill way <Ji~ i iiarg: (I. (>no theory was that he iunqied from the third storey into me well, nud another was that; he pulled the hit down on himself. No direct evii.onc" vas aViti!nhi **- i wnlict nt «-..w iiHjlH'St *V«K j'H npun dll''. W INDOW (. i.E.'.NKR KILLED. DUNEDIN. March 22. Ki’lxm L West McDonald. 27. single, while wording for a window ‘leaning company ic'd from a v. indow "1 D’e second si,,ivy oi a boils'.' anil was killed.