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Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 48, 28 January 1902, Page 4

At the battle of Vlakfontein, Captain i A. Ri Finley, of the Bedford Regiment*;' was shot clean through the head, the. ballet renetiat : iig the .foi ehead,. and emerging at the : back .of the skull. When picked up he was apparently ripe for the grave, but medical examination. pioved that life was not extincti and,, the captain was taken, to the hospital. There he lay unconscious for over, six Weeks, one side of his body being paralysed. He was tlien sent Home, .and placed under the professional care of the eminent surgeon, Mr "Victor Horsier, who performed an removed no less than twenty seven pieces of shattered bone ; frr m his,patient's head, thus restoring sensation . to the captain's paralysed; side.. .The gallant'soldier is now pr g-essing favorably, and his friends confidently anticipate a complete l-ecovery. If that ensues. Captain Finlay; will be a living moriuir e it to tbe ..marvellous, progress of surgical scieme. -,.-;, • - . ~.'At Greytown a contemporary) isoany farmers who harvested their hayearly in December will be able to cut second crops about the end of the present month, as tbe , rainy weather, has caused a verv rapid growth. : r i '•■'•• *\* Subscription to the MOtUEKA STAR ':. Shillings and Sixpence a Quarter ' tiihich may begin at anv time