DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 12 August 1924, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

BY TKT.KCUAITt —I‘ItKSS ASSN*., COfYIUGHT.

two AcemrrsT.s

WLI.LIXUTOX. Auptist !),

A stranpe roineidetu-c in Willis Street at eleven o'clock yesterday morninp, saw tw'o accidents almost at one and tin- same spot. A perfectly new IJuick seikm. owned by Mr Drafiin. motor proprietor of Waupanui. v-11 i< T i still had paper wrai ; inps on t!:o eiisliioi-.s and m-re.s.s tlie windows, was -lauding outside tlie Grand Jlitel. and on puliiup out fioiil the pavement struck a tram npproneliinp frum the rear. Tlie motor-ear was badly knocked about, and estimated damape between £-”>0 and £!hft done to it. 'I lie car had hut a little while previously been taken out cf the ware-hou.-'-a and cost its ovvih’l' .{.'Soft.

At tlie same time, and op|-o.site the scene of the above accident. ;t motor lorry owned by Mr Iforlor, carrier. I.ovver ilult. and driven by Mr (’. I’eiitf. al.so striii-l; a tramcar, when Pulling out from the footpath. The dar.iape he:e was slipht. Constable Carter, who was piomptly on the scene prosecuted inquiries. It iippeurs that .bnt.li occurrences were the outcome of misadventure. DKAD IN HI T. CUUISTCHriHTI. Anp. 11. Thomas Sutherland, a sinple man. aped forty-seven, was found dead in his hut. Urunpe Street. 11 illshoroupli. early ye-t.-iday i.ii.ruinp. Dentil tippeared la in- from natural causes. An inquestwill he opened. 1110 A D BLOWN OFF. CiIUISTCHrUCH. Anp. 11. .Diehard Ula.ekhlirn, a widower, aged forty, livinp in (Quarry Knud, Halswell. was found dead in a stable at the back of his house. 11 is head was practically blown elf. and a shot-pun was lying at his side.

A ST A UUINH AFFAIR. Wl-il.l ! NC’l'i IN. A up. !)

\s a s.e.-|i:-.'l to t!:i* stahhinp affair. Clilford Hdlin. aped lit. was charged with intent to commit prievious Imdily harm, and was rem.-inded till Wednesday. as, h.-inp in hospital. he was unahle to appear.

CD.MIM-’.NSATIDN ST-TTUKD. WELLINGTON. Auptist 11. The Arhitration C'oiirl litis morninp dealt with oniupoiisatioii cases. In I hon-.iison Hrovvii v. Uichardson and Co., claim lor c.imp'en-.ation for injuries to the font while working oil the steamer Ripple in October last, if was slated that a settlement had been iirrnnpcd out of court.

A settlement had also been come lo in the claim of Violet Oertrude Dixon apainst the Colonial Carryinp (.',impart' for the death of her husband, in an aci-ident on April 17. The settlement was for payment of L'7(IS Ills lid. Half the amount po.-s lo ib.'.i widow, and lie- oilier half is to he paid to the Public Trustee lor the benefit ol the

phi in tiff’s two hoys \p;ilieatioii was made on behalf of Flitli Elsie Henderson, widow at present iv'idilpp in England, and her child, for tlie apportionment of L'77;o (omnensali’.n awarded lasi April on aeeoiinl ol the death ol Arcliibald It. Henderson, who was killed ihroiiph a tall down the hold ol the Union Company’s steamer. Knrniniko at Bluff in April last. The < inirt iipporl ioued one-third to the w id-

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