DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 15 November 1930, Page 5

DOMINION ITEMS.

WOMAN DROWNED

(By Telegraph—Per Press Association.)

AUCKLAND, Nov. 14

A married woman, Mrs Lynda Hart, aged nlmut 35, of jSilverdale, , was drowned while crossing a.deep creek near Silverdale, about four o’clock this afternoon. Her body was found floating in the water by her husband, a farmer, who had come to meet her. There are no children.

The deceased, who lived about two miles on the Wade’s Head side of Silverdale, was returning to her home with some purchases. The creek, which runs to Wade River, is about a mile from Silverdale. It is crossed by a very narrow wooden foot bridge, with a wire railing on one side. It is. thought that Mrs Hart lost her footing, and fell into the creek. The body had a bruvse on the forehead. -

BOY INJURED

AUCKLAND. Nov. 14.

Serious injuries were received bv a six-yea r-old boy, Desmond Picker, when he was knocked down by a motor-car in Wellington Street, Freeman’s Bay, this evening. His ■ condition at a late hour was critical. The boy was running across the. road .towards his 'home when the accident- occurred. He suffered ..8.- fracture of } the skull and a fracture of the left thiglf One head-light of the, motorcar; was bent by the impact, , f. .. :

A DOUBLE FATALITY. >

HAWERA, .Nov.;, 14.

A verdict iri? accordance with the medical evidence, waA returned at. the inquest at Phtea tetday '.WmHenry Moore, aged 24, of { /Hawera, and his father. Wm. Sturock Moore, aged 55, of Blenheim, who died at Patea Hospital subsequent to the capsize of a car near Moumahaka on September 15. Moore Junior succumbed the following morning to a fractured skull. Moore Senior died on November 12 from, myocardial degeneration, accelerated by the shock of the accident.

The, pair were travelling south with John E. Jones, professional bozer, in a small car belonging to t Jones, , who stated in evidence that;Moore Junior took over the wheel shortly i * before reaching the scene of the accident, whichi occurred as' the result of a skid on aflgreasy. patch ,e£ road.. Jones escaped; injury. . ;/.. . • t,/ ; ii GIRL: WINDED BY ; RIFLE SHOT. " If! •• J1 • ‘ : HASfIN&S,’-Nov/' 14/ r *

A 'military board of inquiry, consisting qf Major W. Stevens; of the Centrai Command Headquarters, Palmerston North, and Captain M. E. Johnson, staff officer in charge of the Napier Regimental District, is being held at Napier to hear evidence in connection with an accident last Saturday, a entepfi years of|tijJe, |vns a bullet, fired “from a rifle rahgefabing: the Tutackuri launch party, cf tvhiehthe' injured'girl was a member, was pickniekingi,: w:.. The marksmen engaged in the firing which led/tp thy accident belonged -to an ; organisation outside military jurisdiction, but the circumstances of the happening, require that investigations should be made by officers of the Staff Corps,. - ' : The member*? of the board inspected the range yesterday afternoon, and will prepare a report after the taking of evidence.