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Hokitika Guardian, 23 January 1924, Page 4

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NUItSE KILLED. NEW" PLY.MUOTH, Jan. 22 A fatal accident occurred at a level crossing near Leppc-rton at 0.45 this morning. The ordinary slow train coming to New Plymouth ran into n motor truck iu charge of a young man, Openshaw, whose sister, Nurse Isabel, was with him. The latter was killed and the former escaped with slight injuries. The truck was smashed to pieces. The accident is inexplicable, because the train when approaching either way. is in full view at the spot.

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CHRISTCHURCH. Jan. 22. The Knox Presbyterian Church which has been without a Minister for over n year, since the retirement of Doctor Erwin, has decided to extend a call to Doctor .T. A. Seymour, of the CluJmcrs Church, Adelaide, who has preached at He Knox Church for the last two Sundays. Dr Seymour leaves for Wellington on Thursday on his way to Sydney, it,- is n Canadian, but lias been in Australia since 1912 and in the Alidade charge since 1910. ROYS CAPTURE SHARK. WELLINGTON. January 22. Two ladies while bathing at Lyall Ray yesterday noticed a shark getting into tlie shallow water. They gave the a|nrm anti two boys belonging to the Surf Club, observing that the lish was apparently sick and nearly dead, went in. They .sf-ized it by the. tail and dragged it ashore where it was promptly despatched. The shark was about five feet long. It is believed to he an isolated fish, seeking a quiet retreat owing to sickness.

Sharks are very seldom seen in this locality, they not venturing into the surf. FLATS FOR WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON. January 22. Work is expected to begin shortly iip- ■ m a seven storeyed building in nm- of Wellington's best residential an-as. The building is to be fashioned upon the American plan of Hats, wlmi-eof the individual occupier,s will be able to secure perpetual rights. The cost is estimated at about sixty thousand. 'I be building will be of I'erro-cnucroie. sound proof and designed to resist earthquake slm-ks. Twenty-eight Hats 'wi!{ he provided, and on each of seven Moors there will he grill rooms and a garden will ton off the building.