Last Look Round

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 725, 26 July 1929, Page 11

Last Look Round

Chopped Hand Off Francis Otto Nyman, aged 33. a native of Finland, who. crazed with drink, chopped off his left hand at Te Wera Station on July 5, appeared in the Gisborne Police Court today charged with attempted suicide. He* was admitted to. probation for six months. —P.A. Farmers Against Protection The annual battle of free trade versus protection was fought at the annual conference of the Dominion executive of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union. After a long discussion, m which widely divergent views were voiced, a. motion was carried favouring the gradual abolition of all protective duties. Flood Danger Past The Leith River fell rapidly after 4 p.m. yesterday, and all fear of flooding at Dunedin Xorth was over before nightfall. A big slip near Burnside made the Kaikorai Valley road impassable, and a slip on the railway line at Sawyer’s Bay held up trains for 50 minutes. Low-lying parts of Palmerston are flooded. The weather has now cleared. —P.A. ♦ * * Pipe Line Slipping On Saturday the staff ol the ElectricPower and Light Department ax Wa»pori reported an earth movement on the site of the pipe-lines, apparently due to the continued wet weather and the recent snowstorm. Five pipes show a movement of three inches the slip joints. The latest reports indicate that the movement is ceasing. A strict watch is being kept, and it i« hoped that the situation will be met without interfering with the supply oC power. Arrangements have been made for o a complete geological examination of the locality by Dr. Marshall, of the Public Works Department. Dr. Marshall left Wellington last evening, and will begin his examination immediately.—P.A. Death Under Anaesthetic On the day following the last day of the Wellington races, Kennetii Duncan McGregor died under an anaesthetic. One arm had been broken through being knocked down by a car driven by Haydn Algar, a builder, on race day. At the inquest evidence was given that deceased lurched into the ear while drunk, and medical evidence showed that he was suffering from acute alcoholism before the operation. The coroner, Mr. J. S. Barton, returned a verdict of cardiac failure during an operation. "That is the primary cause,” said Mr, Barton. "The motor accident need noc even be called a secondary cause for the purpose of this inquiry.”—P.A.