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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 213, 8 September 1923, Page 11

A boy, aged four and a-half was admitted to the hospital this after* noon suffering from injuries caused in a rather peculiar accident. Tlie little lad was seated in a. motor car being driven Iby his father along the Great Xorth Hoad, when toy bowling a. hoop ran across the thoroughfare. To avoid a collision, the driver swerved «.t a. sharp angle, and the boy was flung against one of the doors, which came open and allowed him to be precipitated on to the roadway. The boy, whose Dame is Philip Zainey, is suffering from abrasions to the head and face, but his condition, thought not to be serious. I An improvement is reported in the corn dition of Miss ]•'. Swain, a registered nurse, who lost the sight of both eyes by being struck on the back of the head by the metal frame of a port on the s.s, Paparoa a fortnight before the vessel reached Auckland on her last voyage. Miss Swain, who had charge of "some children, was bending over their bunk when the accident happened. On her arrival she was placed in a home iv Auckland. It is now stated that she has recovered the eight of one eye. It is expected that the Wanganui Woollen Company's mills will be readyto start operations in about a year's time. The foundations of the main "building of the mills are now down, the railway siding made, and the roadway formed. "The continued fall in the price of wheat in America has had a depressing effect, and further weakened the ei-o-noinic position of the growers arid strengthened the power of the Political clique that pretends to advocate their cause.' . This paragraph appears iv the circular of John Dunn. Son, and Co., of New York, dated August ti. Citizens of Auckland, who are interested in the Empire, should not fail to hear Dr. S. K. Dattji. 8.A.. M.8., Ch.B., at the Town Hall to-morrow (Sunday), at three o'clock, when he will speak on "The Present Situation in India." Dr. Datta is a gifted orator, and an author of note, which should ensure a most interestingaiternoon. Ad. Cure for bronchitis, asthma, nerves, internal troubles, by our vapour baths, packs. Massage is nature's way. Assured results. 'Phone 4102, Uartm s (Prof. Kirks) Institute, 32, St. Mary's R< ;a d, near Three lamps, Ponsonby.— (Ad.) We have just received a new shipment of fancy marocains and crepe dp chines, in the very newest colouring and designs. Early inspection Smith.and Canghey^Xtd.__( AcL j *avised,