LOCAL AND GENERAL
Footballer Injured. Mr A. Olliver, Carterton, was admitted to the Masterton Hospital on Saturday with a broken nose, received while playing for Carterton in the Rugby 7-a-side tournament at , the Carterton Showgrounds on Saturday afternoon.
Woman Severely Injured. When she was turning into her gate about 8.30 p.m. on Saturday, Mrs P. Ridling, Heretaunga, received severe .injuries and shock. Site was thrown from her car which was overturned by a taxi coming up behind her. Mrs Ridling was taken to hospital by the Free Ambulance and her condition is reported as fair. Basketball Cancelled.
Owing to the courts being waterlogged, the Wairarapa Basketball Association’s competition games set down for Saturday were cancelled. A practice for the representative team was held in the Municipal Hall. A further practice wil Ibe held at the College courts at 5.5 o’clock on the first fine night this week. Motor Fatality. Struck by a motor-car, whose driver allegedly failed to stop, a Maori labourer, who was admitted to Auckland Hospital on Saturday, died yesterday morning. The victim was Andrew Marsh, married, aged 45 years. Mr Marsh was crossing Hobson Street, Auckland, near the intersection of Cook Street, when he was knocked down. The police are making! inquiries for the car.
Coursing at Hastings. A successful coursing meeting ■ was held at Hastings on Saturday by the Hastings Club. Two Masterton-bred dogs won the principal events, Miss Perry’s White Tracer defeating Gentle Breeze in the open stake, and Flood Tide in the maiden event accounting for Matrix, which ran prominently at the recent North Island Cup meeting at Masterton. Several Masterton coursing enthusiasts attended the meeting, at which there was a large number of spectators. Auckland Church Centenary. The celebration of the centenary of Sc. Paul’s Church, the “mother church of Auckland and the oldest metropolitan church in New Zealand, was honoured yesterday by the presence of the Governor-General, Sir Cyril Newall, and the Primate, Archbishop WestWatson, both of whom had come specially from the south to participate. The Governor-General in the afternoon unveiled a bronze tablet which had been placed on the monument to the first vicar of St. Paul’s, the Rev. J- F. Churton, in Emily Place, the site of the original church, to commemorate the laying of its foundation stone by the first Governor of New Zealand, Captain William Hobson, on July 28, 1841. The Archbishop was the preacher at both I the morning and evening services m the present St. Paul’s.
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