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Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1923, Page 4

NEWS BY MAIL,

—« jOp— - I "A nation OF SHOPKEEPERS.” ! (h.riertil sir Philip Chelwode, com- | mantling ai Ahlvr.-hcl, describes the j Priti'h as an unniihtary race woo, ~. ( s r Ihe war, remembered the Navy | and the Air Force, Imt allowed theli j jut "rest in ihe Army to lapse. <onI |. apuarciitly. that we could turn 1 at idlers i-eatlv lo light a highly j ll.mud cnceiy a> e-.li'ee was turned out j o| a coffee ill'll. | 1,, ih, la-t wm Prevideiiee was on j O ir side, and by giving us trench wari ,enabled us to term new arniH-. | |.:: t V,e should m l H>ai next time. ! nioi'ovis.ition eo -t money, and ii w '■ ■ a mil on refine I lo prepare we 'hoitid J., j IW | V , Pave Ipa v I kroiigh the Ucst ! for ii . I if I EF-STi: it KEN DOG<. A 1. :• l.oi vet., Mr L. Stroud, -ayI | l,a f P,, .. olTmi g rii t e tliemselves a 1.... .... ■ , . ,I - • 11 1 1 ini ra rel v die et s'ir ■

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a lift to hospital to a dying woman injured ill a motor-cycle accident.

The woman, Minnie Wykes. was in the sidecar of her husband’s machine when it overturned at a sharp and busy corner at Arnold. She died in hospital. The husband statc-d at the inquest that eight motorists passed and the only reply to his frantic appeals were: ‘We are full up and . a.li'l stup.” He took tiie number of one ear and stops are being taken to establish the identity of those guilty of such callous conduct. A IiPETAL WOMAN. .‘stripping nalted a girl of loiirtcen, a Dumfries woman, .Mary Mefiarrie or Callander, heat her over the head, heel:, and hips with a stock while 'lnlay on the door. Characterising it as a shacking ease of cruelty. Shcrill Campion, in Dumfries Sheriff Court, passed sentence of 21 days' imprisonment. The girl was hoarded out with the accused liv Old Kilpatrick Parish Council, and in evidence she said she received the t lire, king because she asked for a "piece” from a neighbour. Dr Hunter, who examined the girl said the weals on her bro k showed she had been unmercifully punished.