AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 October 1924, Page 1

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AUSTRALIAN AND N\Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION x.s.w. marriage him,. SYDNEY. October 21. After a meeting of the Cabinet, Sir George Fuller announced that it had betm dccidled to hold a session of the New South Wales Parliament early next year when the “Xc Temcre Marrnige Hill” would be introduced in its original form. MYERSOX v. ‘‘SMITH’S WEEKLY.” SYDNEY. Octohcr -1. In the .Mverson case (cabled October loth last.) both Myerson and Smith’s Newspapers, l.td, are appealing against the verdict. Myerson appeals on the grounds of the wrongful admisison and the wrongful rejection of evidence, and Smiths appeal on the ground that the .lodge should have granted them a nonsuit. HOY’S FEARFUL OHDEAI-. SYDNEY. October 20. A boy, aged ten, was knocked down by a tram at Paddington, and pinned beneath. The tram was raised by lifting jacks, but the boys leg was jammed, and he could not be extricated. Three doctors administered chloroform beneath the tram, and amputated the hoy’s leg. lie is in the hospital in a serious condition. OI’EHATIOX EXPLAINED. ;lfecei\ed this dav at N..MO a.m.) SYDNEY, October 22. The amputation id' the K’g of the boy caught under a Paddington tram (cabled on Monday) was a remarkable operation. The limb was held between two converging bauds of specially toughened steel which would have taken too long to cut or remove if the boy’s life were to be saved. I luce doctors were engaged, partly crouching and partly laying under the tram. With the patient in a mod awkward position they had to adminster the anesthetic and then in the half light guided more

bv touch than by sight, they had l<o perform the delicate work ol severing the limb, stopping the blood llow and removing the collapsed boy. All this was done with remarkable celerity and success. The traffic was suspended a police cordon keeping the great crowd trom pressing too closely on to the impromptu operating theatre. The accident has raised a controversy on the need of preventing boys stealing rides on tram footboards. It is admitted that the police and tram officers are practically powerless to stop tills. One suggestion is that the hroadrastng companies add to their bed time stories a strict warning to youngsters against the practice.