ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

Hokitika Guardian, 13 July 1931, Page 3

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

‘ ' ' v\: ' MOTORCYCLIST KILLED. fißy Tfiiegraph— Per yPress Association) 1 , July .12, John. Stanley Hayes Smith, a young mrtrried. man, an insurance agent, 23 yeau - 8 of age, died at the Hospital as the\ result of injuries reoeiyed in ,t collision between a motor cycle which he was riding, and a taxi on Saturday eventog. manp run over ON RAILWAY. •INVERCArFiLL, July 12. A- rri.rin, named Bernard Patrick McAulifte, bvas killed at Bluff on Saturday evening,\ when attempting to board a moving ft^ain.He missed his grip, and fell platform and the train, the passing over -him. His aged was <year3.,.. . , . i . FOOTBALLER injured.

CHRISTCHURCH, July 11

As a result of a collision, a League footballer nained R. Brownie received a cut on the forehead and was removed for attention A The match was the senior, one, Riocarton against Addington. ; Brownie \was heading, a ‘ loose rush when he tripped over a Riccarton tackier and struck his head on the shoulder of another Riccarton man, .

While playing for the Old Boys senior B team against Sunnyside an the latter’s ground, L. Wiggins and H. Hogwood were injured. Wiggins received a nasty knock on the mouth, while Hogwood was cut about the eye and had A wound stitched.