A SOLDIER'S DEATH

RESULT OF A MOTOR-OAR ACCIDENT. ' . .

(II TELBGRAPH.—FRBSS ASSOCIATION.)

MASTERTON, This Day.

Private W. F. Gooding, of Featherston, died in'the Greytown Hospital on Saturday morning, as the result of injuries, sustained, in a motor accident .on Tuesday last. It appears that he, with his brother Charles, was returning from the Medical Board, and was going to visit his sister, Mrs. H. Wenham,. of South Featherston, when on crossing from one side otthe road to the other, on account of new metal on the road, the car skidded and overturned. Deceased was pinned by the windscreen, the glass penetrating his left hip and holding •him- down. Charles Gooding, the driver, had his right arm broken. Both men were conveyed to Greytown Hospital, where they received immediate attention.' The. case of Private W. E. Gooding was very serious, and although the best of attention was given he passed away on Saturday. He was the fourth son of the lato Mrs. Jacob Gooding,. of Western Lake, and was 36 years oj age. He had only returned from the front about three weeks ago, after an absence of over two years, having left .with the 19th Reinforcements. At the inquest held yesterday by the district coroner a verdict was returned that deceased met his death as the result of a motor-car accident.