N.Z. TELEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9131, 2 July 1908, Page 5

N.Z. TELEGRAMS.

By Telegraph—Press Association. FATAL ACCIDENT. DANNEVIRKE, July 1. An accident occurred this afternoon in which Mr C. Barker, a wellknown settler, of Redcliffs, Canterbury, and recently a resident of this district, met his death. The deceased and Mr Averill, manager of Mangatoro station, were driving home when the horse shied and both men were thrown over an embankment. Barker was not seriously injured, but being a sufferer from heart disease he succumbed to shock.

ALLEGED ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

WELLINGTON, July 1

Oliver Robinson, a clerk employed by the Wellington Gas Company, inflicted wounds on his wrist and arms with a razor during last night, evidently with the intention of taking his life. Robinson's wife became aware of the occurrence through finding the bed in which she and her husband were sleeping saturated with blood. He is not expected to die. The house occupied by the Robinsons is next door to one in which a person recently committed suicide.

A DIAMOND WEDDING.

NAPIER, July 1

Mr and Mrs Thomas B. Harding, of Grtenmeadows, who arrived in Wellington in 1848, and resided subsequently at Wanganui and Napier, celebrated their diamond wedding to•day. The descendants (three sons, three daughters and seventeen grandchildren) were all present, save one grandchild. There was a large gathering of friends, and congratulations ware received from the Mayor and many friends in both Islands.

TEAM AND MOTOR COLLISION.

(CLAIM FOR DAMAGES,

WELLINGTON, July 1

The case of Dr. Faulke, of Wellington, v. the City Council, a claim for £1,0.00 damages, was concluded at the Supreme Court, to-day. The action arose out of a collision on June J3th, 1908, between a tramcar and Dr. Faulke's motor car. Plaintiff alleged that the accident was due to the careless and negligent driving of a Corporation motorman, an I that he had the fibre in a muscle in the right elbow ruptured. The defei.dant on the other hand gflleged that the collision was due to the unskilful, negligent and reckless driv.ng of the motor car by Dr. Faulke, and said that he did not obseive the rule of the road. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant.