NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, 11 July 1919, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

1 '3 ‘ATTEMPT TO DERAILA TRAIN.‘ | A DAsTAn,Dl.§zj.,,,Agfr. ._ | l VVANGANUI, this day. l , A deliberate ‘attempt to‘ derail a [train near Manutahij walsflfrustratedl llyesterday afternoon‘ by, Firenian .An- l :nabe]l, who saw the ob'sti-iié’t’ions vonl %ll 1() line While a special was ascend"-1 |ing the hi-11 on; afcfiillin-g=.Zi‘Driven »Allnn=l 1 promptly appliedw the,,brakeS7,:,=anrl- . the‘ -I. itrain wvas-_brough:t..ito ‘:l’ :,=standstill’."! ’ Exa_nlillation»»o‘fi the -_l.ine:rleve‘alod tfiffti ‘four diff.er.ent: lots; of:- niaterial «shad: -been .plaCo‘(lL.2l_lCl‘(:)_S_S‘ the , rails. ’l‘he._i jfirst consisted ‘o-ft‘ tivo shovels, a few‘ Ilirardsi fur-_ther’on four picks and scv-l lleral. shovels and spades, 9; pick head‘ being laid lengthwise on the rail_ _TII-en a kerosene tin full of bolts, etc., had been piled up along the rails andi a heel plate placed on the rail. while 20 yards further on 9. piece of rail‘ about 3 feet long and a ‘board 2 feet; wide had been put in position. The‘ ‘ material was principally platclayerS’ ‘gear of the men working about a rnile L {and a half away from the locality. Had 'the train been descending the grade ;,instead of slowly ascending, serious Ml-estilts Woiuld have followed. : i DIS-AS-'I‘ROUS FIRE AT GARTERTON ’§ 30 MOTOR CARS DESTROYED. I ____... I CARTERTON, this day. I A disastrous fire ‘occurred last night, iHughan’s garage and Pitcher Bros.’ ){cyclc depot being totally destroyctl. ' From indications, the ou"Eblll‘St S’Cal‘fC(l ' in Pitcller’s, and from ‘there spread to :lHugllan-’s, The whole stock in both Zprcniises was lost. 111 the ‘garage, lwhero there were 30 cars, seven of iwhich belonged to I-lughan, all were i(l0Sf1'I0y(}(1_ The fire was discovered ‘lat 1.10 u.m. ‘by the occupants of a _ I motor lorry returning from Martin- “ I borough, but both ‘buildings were too ;lfar gone to save. Hughan’s insunancc , [is a little over £OOO on building and stock; Pitcher, £2OOO on stock. Hughan I,e.stilnates his loss at between, £3OOO :,a.nd £4000; Pi§tch.er’s loss at £2OOO. ‘J 3 Both bl]'1l(l1]lg3 we:.:_:n”one., ‘’ { ACCIDENTS AND'I‘ATA-ELITIES. > I A CHILD’S DEATH. - NAPIER, July 10. 7 A schoolboy named Th-omas Isaac E Butcher. aged years, was so severely 1 injured as the result of an accident 3‘ opposite the Hastings street. school tlshortly after noon t»o-dziy that he died :- ~ just after being admitted tolthc Napier 1. hospital. to which institution he was 1 immediately conveyed. Deceased "was 1 ! hanging on- to. the rear of a motor lorry , luancl suddenly ran out into the road right in front of a passing motor car,

which was being driv'en« by Miss K. I S'peedy,n of Waipa.wa._ The lorry and the‘car.were proceeding in opposite directions, and the‘ ear-_ passing VGTY 5 near. _The lad mznlfrom behind the ‘ »lcrry.'just as«tlle car passed and could m’;l;.'sgof;'*7‘in"t'im'e to" missrrthle car. He put his hands out on the mudguard of 1 the car in an eifort to stop, but thei car threw him to the ground in front of | it, the _c___ar passing‘ over "one wrist, death probably being caused from fracture of the skull caused by the fall. ,; 7””: _<, ‘ ‘rm MANUM , I EXPECTED TO ARRIVE ON T -SATURDAY. ‘ WELLINGTON, July 10. é The Manuka, inward from Sydney, i with a number of stranded New Zealanders among the passengers, is expected to arrive .in Wellington harbour on Saturday. The Minister of Public Health said to-day there were two doctors and two nurses on the ship, so there would be skilled attendance available should sickness occur among the passengers. The ship would be inspected on arrival by the Port Health mficer, .a.nd if the bill of health was clean, pi-atique would be granted at once.‘ If there was disease on board the utmost precautions would be taken, The Minister added that there was achommodation for from 270 to 300 peéipre rat: ISlomes I[bl§.n(l. q.uar.'ant‘lne ‘ station, and for as many as 600 at the ‘Auckland station; '