Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3636, 10 May 1927, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1927. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

At last night’s Borough Council meeting accounts amounting to £l, : 790 10s lid were passed for payment.

The poundkeeper reported at last night’s Council meeting that stock were impounded and driving fees to the amount 3/- collected. It was announced at the Wellington Magistrate’s Court yesterday that the Snell case was settled out of Court. r

In dealing with sewerage matters in his report to the Borough Council last night, the waterworks foreman stated that in one blockage a tin mug, mouth organ, too.h brush and spoons and rags we;found.

Thosejiresent at last night’s Borough Council meeting were: —Hi: A’orship the Mayor (Mr M. E. Per,eau) and Crs. Thompson, Walker, Jno. Ross, R, Rangiheuea. Spring, Cowley, Lucinskv, Rand and Par-

Our attention has been called to the danger of a fallen pine tree which almost encroaches on the Himatangi road, nearby where tlie trees are being felled in the plantation. This should be removed to avoid an accident.

The High School Committee accepted the tender of Messrs Martin Bros, for removal of stumps from the school playground, and that of Mr R. Hornblow for purchase oi: corrugated iron fence. The accepted t enders were the lowest an I highest respectively. Rangi Naylor, the rider of Merry Singer at Hastings on Saturday, ■vho sustained head injuries as the result of being kicked while on the ground by another horse after his mount had fallen, died in the Napier hospital yesterday afternoon. Naylor was an apprentice and rode his first race on Merry Singer 'on Friday.

During manoeuvres at the military camp at Levin on Saturday, an happened to Trooper Murray Donald, of Bunnythorpe, the cause being that which is probably the most common in the Army where horses are being used. The horse led by the trooper immediately in front of him suddenly lashed out and kicked Donald just above the knee, causing sever contusions. Trooper Donald was taken to the Palmerston. Hospital, where surgical treatment may be necessary.

A corner on the Levin-Foxlon road, just beyond the Poroutawhao hill, has been the scene of several motor accidents at. different times. On Sunday a Chevrolet car overturned there, and sustained serious damage to the front axle and the steering gear, so that it had to be towed into Levin for repairs. The driver was cut about the head, but is now out of bed, and may' be considered to have had a fortunate escape from severe injury, says the Chronicle,

A remarkable accident occurred in Melbourne lately, when a man was knocked down by a motor ear and his wooden leg caught in the clutch. When struck by the car the man was thrown to the roadway, and, falling between thewheels, the car passed over him. His wooden leg became jammed in the clutch of the car. The driver made frantic efforts to pull up the machine, but could not do so. The old man was dragged for about 40 yards, when a constable and a number of pedestrians, thinking that the motorist was mad, forcibly brought the car to a standstill. Even then it was found impossible to extricate the unfortunate man until the car was turned upside down. The ambulance had been summoned, and the man was rushed to a hospital. Here it was found that the only injuries lie had suffered were a broken wooden leg and a cut hand.