Footballer Injured.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 April 1942, Page 2

Footballer Injured.

16 T ■ ■ j_ Injuries which necessitated his re's mova l to the Masterton Hospital were > s received yesterday afternoon by a sole dier, Private Ernest Marshall, aged 21, of Ohakune. The injuries are not of a serious nature. ■ — Fall off Ladder. x A boy of 81 years of age, Alastair Dugdale, of 107 Essex Street, was ady mitted to the Masterton Hospital last evening, suffering from a fractured •_ wrist. He is reported to have fallen off . a step ladder at his home. Level Crossing Accident. e The rear of a motor-car driven by - Mrs L. G. Jones, Waitara, was struck c by a light engine on the Mountain Road level crossing at Waiongona yesterday. The car was slewed round and Mrs E. Goddard, one of the two pasj sengers in the back seat, suffered con--1 cussion. She was admitted to the New 1 Plymouth Hospital and her condition j last night was satisfactory. Savage Memorial. i The sum of £3lOO has been raised for - the Savage memorial fund, stated the ; annual report of the national execu- ; five of the Labour Party, presented at I the opening of the annual conference j in Wellington yesterday. Steady pro- > gross has been made with the erection l of the memorial at Bastion Point, | : Auckland, and the latest reports indi- . cated that the work would be complett ed soon. Odd Fellows’ Conference, The centennial conference of the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows opened in Nelson yesterday morning, and was presided over by the Grand Master, Bro. N. B. Bellringer, New Plymouth. A- civic welcome was given by the deputy mayor, Mr Hurst, and Mr Atmore, M.P. A commemorative service was held oh' Sunday to mark the founding of the first New Zealand lodge in Nelson 100 years ago. Explosion in Air Raid Tunnel. One man was seriously injured and two others had narrow escapes when a blasting charge exploded while they were working at the head of one of the air-raid shelter tunnels being driven i under Constitution Hill, Auckland. The victim was Jarl Staff, single, aged 58, labourer, who suffered a ruptured kidney, and is in a serious condition. The other two workmen escaped without injury. The accident, occurred when the lights in the tunnel went out, almost at the same time as the fuse was lit. The men were .working at the time about 80 feet in, and the usual board shelter to confine the blast had been placed in position at the mouth, further darkening the shaft. In the semi-dark- q ness the men could not get clear in “ time, and Staff was caught by the explosion. No damage was caused to the ” tunnel timbering. . Take it now, and check its course, c Sheer neglect will worse assure, Take it when you first grow hoarse, *' Take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. t; Take it Now! for cough or cold, n Don’t a night’s distress endure— . When the symptoms first unfold, I Take Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. 3 n