MOTOR CYCLE ACCIDENT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1091, 1 May 1913, Page 3

MOTOR CYCLE ACCIDENT.

Whilst Mr Waite, an electrical engineer, who has been employed in connection with the installation ot the dynamo in Mr Hamer’s premises, was returning on his motor cycle from Palmerston this morning, he was thrown, through the cycle striking a stone. A passing motor car picked him up and gave him a start on the cycle and he rode into Fcxton, when it was found that his leg was broken just above the ankle. He was immediately attended to, the leg set, and was taken to Levin this aftercoou where be will be put ou the train and taken to his home in Wellington.

PUBLIC CONTROL OF LIQUOR.

Sydney, April 30

The Sydney Morning Herald, commenting on the drink bill, says very tew people not directly benefiting from the trade can view the v,*ry large increase iu the expenditure in drink in New South Wales without regret. The lamentable fact remains that all the labour put into the work of reform has not apparently affected either the drinking habits of the people or the steadily increasing revenue derived from the sale, wherein every person, including the most vigorous opponent of the trade, shares. The Herald advocates as the best remedy for checking the growth the elimination of the factor of private profit.