NEWS BREVITIES

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 81, 27 June 1927, Page 1

NEWS BREVITIES

Young Maori's Death.—Tuo Kumeroa, a Maori, aged 20, received fatal injuries at the Waikiki Maori settlement, on the Wanganui River, on Friday. He was driving a horse through a gate when it kicked him in the chest nth both hind feet.

Wellington Man’s Leg Broken. Henry Alexander Miller, a married man, living at Brooklyn, was taken to the Wellington Hospital or Saturday evening suffering from a fra | ire- of the hft leg. sustained in a stret . accident. Press Association.

Hutt Road Collision.- -A collision between a car and a bus on the Hutt Road, Wellington, yesterday evening, resulted in a little girl who was a passenger in the bus, receiving cuts about the face from broken glass. Her injuries were not serious. The cor was hadly damaged, but the driver, Mr. Ritchie, of Lyall Bay, escaped unhurt.

Family Endowment. Applications tor benefits under the family endowment scheme are coming in steadily from all parts of the Dominion and ar ® being dealt with as they are received, said the Minister of Labour, Won. G. J. Anderson, in an interview. ;Jur*s concerning the number of appiications which have been received t-m B’ rants which have been made “1 be laid before Parliament.

College Hill Fire.—An outbreak of J re at 43 College Hill just after 4 PTti. on Saturday resulted in damage d°ne to a bed. some bedding and tvall before the flames were extinguished by the City Fire Brigade. The which is owned by Mrs. Smith, Great North Road and ooctiv.J? ky Mr. Cooney, is a two-storey uuamg of five rooms. The contents not insured.

«3"f kl,Bd * rs View Etchings.—Over jjj. Au cklanders have already viewed collection of etchings and drylerv ° n vlew a * the Auckland GalOn Friday 208 people saw them. pJJ n . u ft mber on Saturday did not exflr, Yesterday, however, the swelled to 209. With the mode<hv /nw^ mate at the opening the total for the ex,show 4 to date ls well over 600. The open for least three