LIGHT LIST.
WEEK-END MISHAPS.
NO FATAL ROAD ACCIDENTS
FOOTBALL CASUALTIES. A -"'■■l'.".- number ~f ,-,,;,,! accidents ~,i!" "-" :l1 f»''inc.| in ii,,. D 0,,,,-,,;,,,, <lnrin - ,l! " «--k .-ii.l. v ,wo being reported i„ Auckland. There wore, how ever, a number of football mishaps.
CARS COLLIDE. J V,,P ." , n "- '■•"■ he "as driving whs cMcns !u . lv damaged ;ls (1,,: result, of a eolliMO,, hi, Saturday afternoon, Mr J !"","•'''• ,'-''' ■"• U'iko Street. Mount h "* kliL 1,; " l■' fortunate escape from m'i-iohs injury. Tl,, other ear, a heavy Hin-e driven l.y Mr. 1!. \Vai,e, of & Wpiiil.lv Koad. .M , t Kd.-H, >vas travel,,,? ah.,,, Landscape |;„. M , in tllo direction of Dominion Road and the collision occur, c,| at the intersection of la.au Koad. The small car was turned oxer on to ii, sh|,.. Mr. Duncan was impn-oncl uulil ihe hood was ~„ awav. • Ml - Imnean -iifVercd cuts ~,, ihe |„,'e Tl1 ;: '""-'■ '•"'• ived damage to the radiat.ir and mudguard.
HIT BY MOTOR CAR, ' ■•nrii-.ion was siilfeied l,v a widower, Mr. Koherl .l f s Randolph I)„ms. ajc| S2. of .'{lt. Ksplanado Koad. ■Mount K.lcu, when |„, „.,.. k,,ocke<l down by a motor car after alighting irom a trnincur at tiie corner of JW sonliy Koad and Williamson Avenue last eveninjr. A St. ,Tohn ambulance took him to the Auckland Hospital, where his condition is considered fair.
LACERATED HAND. When 'his motor car capsized at St. Helier's Hay early vesterdav niorniti" Mr. Colin Wells Hitchcock, 'a 20-year-old clerk, sinjrlc, of 127. Khvl.er "Pass Koad. suffered a severely lacerated hand. Ho was admitted to the Auckland Hospital, but his condition is not serious.
CYCLIST INJURED. A cyclist. Mr. Robert Arthur Flicker. aired ">2. married, of 2. Grand Avenue. Mount Albert. suffered concussion, lacerations M ,,d ;l f, !tl , ~,.,.,| | m||( | w]l( , n he u:is iu\ol\e<| ;,, ;1 colli-h,,, with a motor car at the intrr-ect ion of Walters Koad and Downing Street. Kin-,hind, on Satui.hn . He was admitted to the Auckland Hospital and his condition this morning u.i- fair.
PEDESTRIAN HURT. When cros-ii," Scddoti Street. Waihi. on Saturday evciiiiP:. Mr. dolili N'orri-. married, v. .1- st in k l.v a motor car drixen l,y Mr. William lleiuy Koljrrts. He suffered injuries to i he' Ices and body and uas admitted to hospital.
FOOTBALL MISHAPS. Six f..i.(l.nlli'fs were admiHed to the Auckland Hiw|iit;il on Sithirdav Hfteriiooii jis tin- n-siill or iiijiiric* "MiHVrcd while |.lii\iti2 in iiiiil.h.-. Xoiif of tlu>m is in ;i cuiiilii ion. <'oilrll-.-ion was -lllo'lcd |, v T. Field. npcil _M>. nit li e--l. of I'm. I'oii-oiiliv 110.i.1. while- |ilii\in- lit (arlnw I'ark.' (Veil Keller, son of Mi-. |'. Kcllct, of :>]. Kuiihirlv Koiul, and 'I lo.iii.i- Norton Morri-, son of Mi. h n,l Mr-. -\\ N. Morris, of ins. Market I;. >; ■, I. Kpsom. wi'iv ill jliroiL ill niat.'iie- at Fowlds Park. Three other |. layer-' who Miffcied concushion were Trevor lirory l.illey. aji'od 24, Bin«rli-, police foiis|,il,ji'. of (Vntral Kill-rack.-; S\(lin>\' Creen. ii'jiml ll>. sou of .Mr. ami Mrs. if. W. liicen, of IS, Old Windsor 11..ai1. A\ laic and Charles NirhoUon. ae-cd -Jl, son of Mr. ('. Nicholson, of Taylor'* Avenue. Tamaki West. "W"liilt- |il:iviii'_' f"r ri l-'rimktoii tcnin at Millennia I'nrh', lln iiiill<<ii, Tlionias Frederick Wil-on. a-jcd IS. n■reived con-cii-sion. lie was taken to tlie YViiikat.o 110-|'ilal in u SI. doloi aml.nliinee. His condil ion i- not -ei ions. I'layiii- Lea-ne at Victoria I'ark. .1. Sullivan, wlio li\ c- in a |.a ri incnl s in the cit\. -nlTcred concussion, while lan Tolicli,' a.jed 111. of :'.'J. I'.llei-to,, Road. Mount. Kden. re -eiwd a fractured collarhone when |>la\ ill"; at WV-lnn S)p|ing«.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 118, 22 May 1939, Page 12
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