ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

Hokitika Guardian, 16 January 1933, Page 5

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

CYCLIST GRAVELY INJURED. COLLIDES WITH MOTOR TRUCK., . (Per Press Assentation — Copyright. ) AUCKLAND, January 15. Grave injuries to the head, including , a fracture of the skull,. were received. 1 by James Arkhurst, aged 20, of Pukekohe East, as the result of being knock- • ed from his bicycle by a motor truck on the Great South Road at Takanini early this morning. Arkhurst, who is employed - as an operator at a picture theatre in the city, was riding along the Great South Road toward Papakura about one o’clock, when- he was ever- " taken by a truck driven by M. HI Alexander, of Olevedori?- The truck collided with the cycle from the and Arkhurst was thrown heavily. The, injured man was-brought to Auckland Hospital. His condition is serious. The bicycle was wrecked practically be- ; yond repair. . V

YOUTH FATALLY SHOT,

INVERCARGILL, January 15. While on a fishing and shooting expedition at Northope (near Wintoa) on Saturday afternoon, William Walker, aged 17 K of. Invercargill, 'was, it is presumed, accidentally fatally shot. Although no member of the party of foiir actually saw the fatal shot fired, it appears that W r alker discharged his own gun by accident, death being almost instantaneous. The bullet entered the right side above the hip. ; INJURED BY BURSTING BOTTLE. AUCKLAND, January 15. Severe cuts to both hands ;and wrists were received by Arnold Agnew, aged 22, a barman at the Clarendon Hotel, when a bottle of stout he was holding burst in-his hands. Agnew wa s taken to the Auckland Hospital, and several stitches were inserted.