DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 August 1923, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS.

[itT TELEGRAPH —FER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] AN INFLUENZA VICTIM. MASTKRTOX. Aug. 19 Joshua Scholl's, aged about oU, a freezing worker, was: found dead in a allure at Waingawa. Apparently he had been dead some days. The body had turned black, it is believed he had pneumonic influenza. It is undorslijod he ha.: relatives in Christchurch or Dunedin. A FATALITY. DUNEDIN*. August, 20. Through the connecting pin between a motor cycle and side ear breaking, William Christie, a farmer, was killed at Henley yesterday, and Alexander Ralston, a, butcher of .Y limit on. critically injured. OTAGn RUGBY TEAM.' DUNEDIN, August 20. Defections from Otago Rugby tour arc Dieknson. Sunning, and Li'sk, who arc replaced by Lcydoii, Bren and Glengarry. DAMAGES AWARDED. WELLINGTON. August 20. A verdict in favour of plaintiff was returned by the jury in connection with the claim of John Baldwin Adams against the Wellington j’.itent Slip Coy., for £092 for alleged negligente, as he contracted a skin dee iso w hen handling bedding which had not been sterilised. ITe jury awarded special damage.-, ol £.V_’ 5-.. general damages of As. (>n boha.ll ef the defendant company counsel applied for a non-.-iiit or alternatively a judgment fora new trial. Mr Justice Sahnond intimated that Me would adjourn the matter for furt tier coos idem lion . A .MINOR A( ( I DENT. WELLINGTON, Aug. 20. Later iui.iriiialioii re the Admiral Codringtoii goes to show the incident to the ves-el was exaggerated. The damage is reported to merely have slighiy affected the low pressure piston, and did not interfere with the rclrigerating machinery in any way. She put. into Las l’alnias in the ordinary eoui'se to obtain coal, not on account of the mi idem and arrived in l.ein'uii la.-! Wednesday with her cargo in good condition.