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Taranaki Daily News, 3 July 1918, Page 4

Housewives are reminded that the new hours of closing of all the batchers' shops in the 'borough come into force this Week, and that, in consequence, the shops will remain open until 9 p.m. on Friday, closing at C p.m. on Saturday. Mr. C. A. Wilkinson, M.P., met with a slight accident at Waitara on Sunday evening. Motoring towards Elthain from the .Urentii district, the car was pulling up at Waitara in the dusk of the evening, and Mr. Wilkinson stepped off the automobile before it had actually stopped. In doing so, he fell, and the rear wheel of the car ran over his heel. The injury, while painful, did not prove serious, no bones being 'broken.— Argus.

At Opunake on Monday a motor cyclist named Collins collided with a pushbike ridden by Miss tDorrie Malcolm. The former lost control of his machine, which crashed into a motor-car near by. fn the sids-chair attached to the inotorbicycle was Miss Batteribury, who was shot through the wind-screen of the car, and sustained injuries that necessitated her removal to the Ifew .Plymouth Hospital, whilst Miss Malcolm was taken to the HaWera Hospital. Two Opunake soldiers named M'Kenzie were returning home in a fourwheeled vehicle on Monday, when one of the Wheels struck the embankment and unseated one of the brothers, who fell beneath the wheel and the embankment and became jammed. The elder brother held the horses until assistance came from Mr. Sims, who happened to be passing soon after the occurence- He promptly priced up the wheel ajid removed the man, who wa9 in an unconscious state, to Opunake, where he is progressing satisfactorily. A rumor was circulated on Monday that what appeared to ibe a submarine mine had been found by two boys on the beach near Tatars, imaka. The matter was reported to the police, who immediately went out to investigate the suspicious discovery. The boys had talien their find to the house of Mr. D. Linn, where it was seen by the investigating officer. The object was made of a copper substance, was pyramidal in shape, weighed aibout 71b, and contained a small amount of liquid acid. The investigation dispelled the idea that the find was ft mine; - It has been suggested that it Bras probably a cask used for the carrying of liquid abids, and had -been washed overboard from the deck of some vessel.

The members cf the New Plymouth Returned Soldiers' Association have undertaken all the arrangements in coneetion with the burial of John Fountain Lunn, a returned soldier, who was found dead In his bed at the Trocadero Hotel on Monday morning. When the death was made known, the secretary endeavored to communicate with Ohristchurch, but owing to telegraphic interruption, no reply had 'been received, and it had been decided to bury the soldier at New Plymouth, and the funeral, which, it is expected, will be a military one, will take place to-morrow afternoon

ThejuWic will 'be given an opportunity of subscribing to a good cause next Thursday, as the proceeds from the concert promoted by the N.P.H.S.O.G.A. are to be sent to Miss C. D. Grant, to be spent on our bounded soldiers in London. MiaaOrant'e splendid work amongst the Taraftaki boys is too Well known to require remark, and all those who help by attending the concert will ha.ve the satisfaction of knowing exactly where their money is going, and thftt the very; best use -will be made of it.

Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, 1/0, 2/6 got ChiHren'ir-Hacking Cougk