DOMINION STEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 2 September 1924, Page 4

DOMINION STEMS.

dt TELEGHArn —rRF.ss assn., corvmanT. LOBBY OYEBTTBNS. lIASTINKS. Sept, 1, A converted motor hjQty, which was proceeding front Hasting*' to Otauc. skidded and overturned near Terrahauga mi Saturday, pinning C. Bone a ltd "\. L. Ilollaml. umlinYtho seat and throwing i). lieywoo.l out. A passing ear extricated the other- who miraculously eseaped with slight injuries. The lorry was badly damaged. obituary. 11 ASTI NOS. Sept. 1. Obituary -Suddenly. Mrs F. Copeland, aged -It), wife of I lev. Copeland. Methodist .Minister. DANOEBOI'S ('LIFI’S. 11 ASTI NOS. Sept. 1. A unique accident occurred to a party of school havs visiting the t.an,ids' yesterday. When passing along the l.earli under the high precipitous cl ill's at Clifton, a slio came down and caught a hay named E. A. Sim. fracturing hath hones of llif right leg. lie was luiMiitalled. The cliffs always aupeareil daiureroiis, hut this is the first accident. Thousands of people have pa.-sed under them, visiting the famed gaiinet rookery. I’OWEB TBAOEDY. AUCKLAND, Sept. 1. There is even a greater element Oi tragedy in the death ol Ldward Dower. formei ly headmaster ot the \\ h:\ng.ii'ei Sehaal. than the cablegram refers t>. The cable mentions his attempts la murder his wife, hut his wife is ,-i ill in Auckland. Edward Lower, who was about o2 years of age. was a teacher under the Auckland Education Board, fill- about thirty years. lie war for Miate years in the Mokiauga district, and suh-cqiiently at AVaioringamai. near Te Aruba. In H -I(i. lie was in Te Kuili. and oeellpied tliat piisiti in till I'.Ut). when In- v.as appointed headmaster al Whanparei. About, three years ago, Lower resigned his Whangarei. and lei t the Dominion, his whereabouts being unknown t.i his must intimate friends, lie left an adult' family of six and a wife in the Dominion. The deceased was well known in bawling circles, having skioped teams in the Auckland and Dominion tournaments on liuntenitis occasions. Ilis father was a well-known hotel-keeper at Laeroa and VYtiihi for many years. A brother, the late licit Lower, was formerly Mayor ol ’Aaihi.

lONIC'S ABBIYAL. WELLINGTON. S'-VitemU-r 1. The lonic arrived at eleven o'clock last night front London. She was delay • d bv the heavy weather experienced in the past, few days.