DOMINION ITEMS

Hokitika Guardian, 27 January 1933, Page 3

DOMINION ITEMS

YOUNG MAN’S FALL

MISHAP IN SHALLOW WATER

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AUCKLAND. January 21.

As the result of a fall into v.ery shallow wate,. at Mission Bay yesterday afternoon John Carpenter, aged 18, .of 21 Union Street, .received concussion and abrasions.

gome friends had joined hands in a circle to toss him into the air, the intention 'being to catch him again before he touched the water. Unfortunately, however, ho turned jn the air and lauded on 'bis head in only about six inches of water.

It waa at first feared that he might have received serious injuries to the neck, but after he had been taken by a 'St. John ambulance to the Auckland Hospital his injuries -were diagnosed as concussion and his condition was stated to be not serious.

BREAKING AND ENTERING

ATJOLAN'D, January 26.

.Returning; home at, 9 o’clock last nio'ht, Mr O. M. Emanuel, of Reniuern,' found a tail man going through the pickets of his clothing in the hall. A struggle ensued and Emanuel was joined by his two sons. A further struggle occurred in the drive, and the man was held pending the arrival of the ,'Dolice.

This morn ins William Preston, aged 46, a. carter, was remanded for a week, on a charge of breaking and entering, and stealing a pair of gold sleeve links.

YOUNG MAN KILLED.

DEATH FROM A BROKEN NECK.

WANGANUI, January 24

A fatal motor-car accident occurred in the early hours of this morning, when a five-seater car, driven by Mr Walter Naughton Grantham, aged 25, left the road a mile, and a-half on the Wanganui side of Kai-iu'i and plunged down a hill. Mr Grantham was thrown out. He received a broken neck and was killed. The owner of the car is Mr Stanley Joseph Eriksen, a Patea County Council surfaceman, residing at Moumahaki, who was the only other occupant. He \va s thrown out of the car, but was only slightly injured. Mr Grantham was a former Flock House hoy. He had been unemployed, but was to strn-t work as a shepherd to-morrow. It is understood that the only relative alive is his mother, who resides at Whitby, Hull, England.