DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 17 May 1929, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

CAR AND TRAM SMASH.

(By Telegraph—Press Association).

WELLINGTON, May 17

A terrific crash between a motor ear driven by William Roy Hill and a tramcnr occurred in Molesworth St. last night. Hill, who resides at Pitt St. Wadestown, was accompanied bv two lady passengers and was proceeding up Molesworth St. from town when lii.s ear came int-o collision with a tram which wast approaching town. The impact was violent, the motor car being badly smashed and the running I ward torn off the train. Hill was found to he suffering from a compound fracture of the skull, wounds on the face, and was unconscious. His companions received minor cuts and suffered shook. . Shortly alter mid-night, Hill became semi-conscious and his condition is not regarded as serious. SPECIAL O NCER COMM.TTEE. DUNEDIN, May 17. Tiie Honorary Medical Staff wrote- to the Otago Hospital Board yesterday, notifying the formation of a special Cancer Committee, consisting of the surgeon, chief of staff, radiologist, gynaecologist, or other specialist concerned, physician or surgeon in charge oif the particular case investigated, pathologist, -bacteriologist 1 and surgical tutor. The purpose of .the Committee is that frequent consultations fie held upon'cancer cases in the hospital, and other cases referred to is for the advantage-;-of sufferers and advancement of a study of the disease. The Committee will meet - frequently,, it; ‘reodiimiended,.-miid;;-report to the staff making recommendations for improvement in investigation and treatment of cancer cases. .. .. HOUSE BURNT. BLENHEIM, May 17. A nine roomed two storey dwelling, the home of Blenheim’s first Mayor, owned and occupied by Jessie Vance, a widow, -was gutted by fire this morning. The outbreak was discovered by a neighbour, and had a strong hold. After a strenuous fight, the Brigade extinguished the damps. The house ; was insured "for £450 ' in ! the* Phoenix / 1 and contents. £3OO- in State. The’ owndr; was ’absent ‘at the time of the outbreak. The origin is a ntystery.' ! ) A-’,;' DRUNKEN DRIVER FINED. ' | OHRISTCFCURCH; 1 May>47i 1 '• Described ns a • sharebroker, • John Jeffreys Bartlett, aged 61, was fined £loband his driving license cancelled for six months, for being intoxicated ;in charge of a car. i GUILTY OF THEFT. WELLINGTON, May 17. At the Supreme Court, the jury found guilty George William- Lewis Presling, a bootmaker, with.breaking, entering and theft.) of Igoods * valued at £4 16 7d from Pizzy Mclntyre warehouse. The prisoner remanded for ’sentence; { > r J "' 'alleged theft ciiAiiteE. j! AUCKLAND, May 17. Alfred Ernest Craddock, 60, a land agent' of Christchurch, was arrested by a' detective ,ori the .-.TJlifnauoh., before the vessel left for Sydney this morning. He appeared at the Police Court to answer a charge, of having fraudulently received £BBO and fraudulently omitted to account to Thomas Wallace, thereby committing theft. Accused stated it was merely a matter of accounts in dispute. He was remanded to appear at Christchurch on bail of £BOO. arm severed by locomotive. WELLINGTON, May 16. A serious accident happened to a railway employee in the Thorndon railway yard to-night, when T. Townsliend, whose duty it was to load coal into buckets prior to it being transferred to locomotives, fell down and came to rest with his left arm lying across one of the train rails. An engine passed just then, the wheels passing over the left wrist and severing the hand. The free ambulance'was immediately summoned and the injured man (who resides at 13 Bute Street), was removed to the hospital, where it was found necessary to amputate the arm. RUGBY LEAGUE DIFFERENCE CHRISTCHURCH, May 17. Woolston Rugby League Club lias withdrawn its senior team from the competition as a protest against the Centre granting a. transfer for J. Moody from the Woolston to Hornby Club, in spite of the Club’s objection.