Last Look Round—

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 881, 27 January 1930, Page 11

Last Look Round —

Youth Shot in Eye Patrick Corrigan, aged 17, was shot in the eye with an airgun pellet while skylarking on the Taylor River bed, near Blenheim, yesterday.—P.A. * * * Young Motor-cyclist Hurt A lad named Noel Reade, while riding a motor-cycle, collided with a telegraph pole in the main street of Blenheim today. He received a broken arm and leg, and was admitted to hospital.—P.A. Hurt in Father’s Arms Frank Bythell, the three-year-old son of Mr. F. E. Bythell, of Blenheim, had his leg broken at Queen Charlotte Sound, in his farmer’s arms, when the latter slipped. The boy was taken to Picton, and the leg set.—P.A. * « * House Burned Down A five-roomed house owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Jane was totally destroyed by fire at Taradale, near Napier, this morning. The insurances were £7OO in the Mercantile and General Office, on the house, £250 on the furniture, and £25 on a shed.— P.A. Fall From Deck A fractured skull was suffered by Mr. Harry Grocock, a carpenter, of 21 Melford Street, Ponsonby, •who fell from the boat-deck on to the main deck while working on the Union Steam Ship Company’s steamer Kairanga this morning. Mr. Grocock was repairing fin icebox when he stepped back over the edge of the deck. The injured man was removed to the hospital by the St. John Ambulance. His condition is regarded as serious.