OPAPA TRAIN WRECK. ♦ ENGINDRTVER CIIA RGE D WITH MANSLAUGHTER. Napier, February 24. Frederick Lavin, driver of the express train which was wrecked at Opapa Hill on September 22, as tlie result of which three passengers died, pleaded not guilty in the Supreme Court to-day to the charge of manslaughter brought against him. Following Mr. Lusk’s opening address, there commenced the hearing of lengthy evidence as outlined in the Magistrate’s Court on November 21. Nothing fresh was brought out by cross-examination. The hearing was adjourned until to-morrow morning. TOWN HALL Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays. FRIDAY! FRIDAY! “A woman screamed, the lights went up, and a man lay stiff and stark.” THE “SHOOTING OF DAN McGREVtf.” The picturisation of Robert W. Service’s famous poem with Percy Marmont, Lew Cody and Barbara La Marr. THE “SHOOTING OF DAN McGREW.” The gripping story of a man’s revenge. “FIDDLING FOOL,” Comedy, Gazette. Prices as Usual. SA TURDAY! SATURDAY! Elaine Hammerstoin, Herbert Rawlinson and Dorothy Phillips in “EVERY MAN’S WIFE.” “EVERY MAN’S WIFE.” The story of a woman who tried to win back her husband by the old method of counter attack. Prices as Usual. TITOS. BOTHWICK AND SONS. BUYERS OF PRIME PIGS. (iOlbs. to 1501bs. On March 2nd 1926. F. 0. RULE, Buyer, ’Phone 540(5. P.N. W. SMITH, W. SMITH, CARTER AND CONTRACTOR, DO Te Awe Awe Street - Palmerston North. RIVER METAL AND SAND DELIVERED ON TRUCK, PALMERSTON NORTH. ALL ORDERS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Address: 90 Te Awe Awe Street, Palmerston North. ’Phone 0045. SALE BY AUCTION. AUCTION MART, Hall Street, Saturday, February 27th, 1926. At 2 p.m. 14 Laying Hens, Onions, Potatoes, Fruit and Vegetables in large quantities, Honey, Baths, Horse Clippers, Tools, Churns, Ladies’ Shoes, etc. FURTHER ENTRIES SOLICITED. TRIPS TO MANGAHAO. TOURISTS, SIGHTSEERS AND PICNIC PARTIES! f)0 NOT MISS seeing the great Mangahao electric power scheme including main power house, Arapeti reservoir and Mangahao dam. 15 miles of wonderful mountain gorge scenery with a beautiful bush drive for two and a half miles skirting the reservoir to the construction camp and works at upper Mangahao dam. We will arrange for trips or picnic parties at the shortest notice. Only experienced drivers employed. Consult us about this trip. Car owners not desirous of driving their own cars over the hill may connect with this service at Mangaore. CHARGE FROM SHANNON, RETURNING TO SHANNON: FOR PARTIES OF FOUR, INCLUDING MEAL AT MANGAHAO, £3 PER PARTY. W. JAY, Motor Proprietor, MANGAORE, Box 26, Shannon. Levin Agency: Ilotchen and Watts, Telephone 213, Levin. Palmerston North Depot: Combined Bus service, Rangitikei Street, telephon 6790, Palmerston North. A. E. ADMORE A. E. ADMORE FOR BETTER PAINTING BETTER PAINTING AT CHEAPER RATES. CHEAPER RATES. I>RU IDS EUCHRE TOURNAMENT, FRIDAY 26th. Supper, Frizes and Prices as usual. —11. DAWSON, Secretary. /\T The C. M. Ross Coy, Ltd., great Summer Sale. Still further keen cuts in showroom special bargains for this week end in summer frocks and millinery. “Slaughtered,” is the only word that can be used in connection with our linal clearing prices for cotton dress goods at 1/6 yard. See window. —The C. M. Ross Coy.’s.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3003, 25 February 1926, Page 3
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516Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3003, 25 February 1926, Page 3
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