DOMINION NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 October 1927, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS.

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association

FRACTURED SKULL. CHRISTCHURCH. Oct. 27

John George Seaton, aged 77. owner of stables in Cashel Street West, was found at 1.40 p.m. to-day lying on his hack with a deep wound in his skull, and his cap cut in two as the result of a kick from a horse. He was removed to the hospital, where ho was found to lie suffering from a fractured skull and shock. He was still unconscious late this evening. His condition is very serious.

BANKRUPT TO BE EXAMINED. CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 27.

’The adjourned meeting of the creditor., of Edwin Walter Dann, engi neer. to-day resolved that the debtor submit to a public examination. 11 was alleged that Dann had kept no proper hooks of account, and had borrowed freely, when he ought to have known he was insolvent.

BOY SCOUTS’ GALLANTRY. DUNEIUN. Oct. 27. Three Boy Scouts. Thomas Rennie, James Alehalski, and G. AL Dodds, were given awards for gallantry in saving life, at a public ceremony tonight. The first itlwo received the Silver Cross (the second highest Scout award, given only when reci pients have feeed considerable personal risk). All were rescues from drowning.

WAIIURAPA SHOW AWARDS AfASTERTOX. Oct. 27

The Wairarnpn Jubilee Show eon eluded to-day in ideal weather. There was a record attendance. Championships were awarded as follows; Champion hack. 51 iss Mavis Martin (Martinborough); celebration champion pony. H. Montgomery (Masterton); draughts stallion, Moore Hunter estate (Hawera); reserve, Moore Himtei estate; filly, Moore Hunter estate; smooth-coated slice]) dogs, male, R. Cooper (Masterton), female, J. G. McDonald (Carterton) ; greyhounds, dog. K. Buieli (Masterton), hitch, IV. J. Uuick (Masterton); championship jumping, Oswald Nelson’s (Hastings) Blue Moon; ladies’ jumping, Oswald Nelson's, Blue Moon.

INFANT SUFFOCATED IN SLEEP WELLINGTON, Oct. 27.

An inquest regarding the death of a six weeks’ old baby, suffocated by its pillow at a receiving home at Miramar on Monday night, was held before Mr Riddle to-day. The evidence showed that the infant had been admitted nine days previously. It had been in good health, needing no attention at night. Although it was not customary (o have night nurses on duty, each child was seen at ten o’clock. The nurses slept in an adjoining room to he available quickly if there was any sign of anything amiss. In the present instance the baby apparently moved its head in sleep, and was suffocated. Since the occurrence, a night nurse had been placed on duty, hut had there been a night nurse at the time, it was stated, and had she visited the ward every half hour, it would still have been possible for such an unfortunate affair to have taken place.

Returning a verdict of accidental death, the Coroner said he thought it was a proper thing that a night nurse should he provided where a number of infants were sleeping together. It was apparent, however, that the nurses at the institution were thoroughly trustworthy and no blame could bo attached to them. RECORD OF BIG QUAKE. WELLINGTON, Oct- 27.

The earthquake mentioned in the cablegrams as having occurred probably in Central or South America was recorded on tlie seismograph at the Wellington Dominion Observatory. If first made itself evident about 3.30 a.m. on Tuesday last for some hours, the shock being of such severity that the oscillations travelled right round the globe and recorded themselves a second time. Judging by the records, it would seem as if the location of the upheaval was somewhere in Central America. The Alaskan shake reported on the same day was a local affair, of a magnitude not comparable with the other one.