DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 4 November 1925, Page 2

DOMINION ITEMS

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t OLE RIDGE IMJCKST. Cl llt ISTCH E ECU, Nov. 3. At tin inquest on the Coleridge Tunnel victims, the jury returned a vorlii : that the three men (lied of injuries received at Lake Coleridge on October 2nd., and that the jury was of opinion that- there "as no blaniC attachable to the contractor*, or any person in charge of the works, or engaged ill (lie works.

SLEEPING AMONG DATA iII.ES. WOMAN'S PACKING CASE SHOP. AI’CK I,AND, November -I. Reporting ’if the Mount Albert Borough Council tile sanitary inspector said lie had been unable to persuade a woman to comply with the Act. She had taken up her abode in a small shed in which she sold confectionery, f fit it and cakes. She admitted she had been sleeping oil n wicker chair among the eatables, hut said she was now .sleeping in tt new bedroom down below. This voi'm was; found to have been dog out underground. The floor jack stud was approximately -I feel high and the room was directly under the so-called shop. Portion of the ground had recently been dug up and on the ground four ease hoards had been laid and four legs of an old bed rested upon them. The condition could scarcely be credited. The north side of the room consisted of old benzine tins, the ear side ill' earth and the south side of old ease hoards.

The Inspector said he had finally called in the assistance ol Dr Hughes. .Medical Dliicei* of Health, who had forwarded a closing order Which was enforced onlv in except so mi I cireimistan-

The Council decided to enforce the ortler. I NTH’EFT VERDICT. CTIR ISiTf’H FIICH, November 4. At. the inquest held at Kaikottra regarding the death of Robert Aspden am! William Dale, the jury returned ri verdict, that " the cause was a motor car, driven by Thomas I.Atm, overt Hi lling in cutting." The jury rCcomm.ended that, ow Rig to the defective eyesight ol Thomas Lane. id- driver’s license should he cancelled.

-MOTOR FATALITY. WKIJ-iNCTOX. November E Last evening a liiotoi- accident, with fatal results, occurred oil the Point Hal-well road, near the .Mntmiar wltttfib From details available it appears Unit a motor car was being driven along northward of the Miramar wharf by H. It.-mks. a cat*'- ,-nntV-e----tioner, residing at l.vall Bay. whet/ »t went over the honk on to the beach. Ihrovfm'o Mr- Banks, who was with her liiishand. into the water. Mr- Banks was drowned, but the body iirf recovered. Mr Banks was not injured, and the ear wa- only slightly damaged.

W. R, TWIGG’S DEATH. K7lyf,F.D BY A LION. AUCKLAND. Nov. 4. A cable received from Id- widow states that Mr V. R. Twigg, of Auckland. was. killed in an encounter with a lion in Africa. Air Twigg and John Holmes, of Frankion Junction, left Auckland in June intent on hq; game 'hooting in Central Africa. Air- Twigg accompanied her husband and was staying at. Livingstone. Rhodesia, while Air Itiigg and Mr Holmes went into the wilds after game.

Air Twigg r.*ns one of the best deer stalker- in New Zealand and has probably the finest collection of heads in the Dominion, a eonsiderable portion ot which went to Wembley on loan to the Government.

Air Twigg wits very well known in business circles and was chairman <>f the Twigg Engineering Coy., and head of AY. B. Twigg, Limited.