CASUALTIES.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16210, 13 May 1918, Page 2

CASUALTIES.

FATAL MOTOR 'ACCIDENT.

The police received information yesterday that a man named Patrick Kennedy had been found dead uuderneath his overturned motor-car in tho Yv'eka Pass early yesterday morning. An inquest was held in the afternoon, and a vcrdict of accidental death was returned. ADJOURNED INQUEST. Tho adjourned inquest concerning the death of Thomas Trenbath who died in the hospital on May Ist as the result of injuries received, was continued before the Coroner (Mr H. W. Bishop) on Saturday. Mr lvincaid appeared for Frederick Buchanan, whose taxi-cab ran over deceased.

Owen' Barbour, tramway conductor, said that on the evening of Tuesday, | April 30th, ho saw the accident in I Moorhouae avenue about 25 or 30 yards I from Colombo street. Tlie motor-car j appeared to be a large black Ford cor) with two bright head-lights and one large tail-light. It was going in the direction of thfe railway station, travelling in the twiddle of the road at a speed of from seven to eight miles an j hour. He then noticed on the right-i haud side in the motor-car's light what appeared to be a man walking very slowly huddled up. It appeared then as though the front right-hand side wheel seemed to catch this object. The next thing witness noticed was what appeared to be a bodv lying on ilie tram rail. The motor-." .m- had* pulled up in a very short space, considerably under three car lengths. The driver immediately alighted and went to the man's assistance. As far as witness could judge the affair was purely accidental. It was a dark arm stormy night with driving rain. Jack ilolli-;, student, stated that on the evening in question he was cycling northwards along Colombo street "when he saw the accident. He gave evidence similar to that of the last witness, but estimated the speed at which the car was travelling at about twelve miles an hour.

Christopher Charles Schroeder, cabman, said deceased was sober so far n.s he could see when they parted company that evening at 6.10 o'clock. Deceased walked with a limp, and was slow in his movements. The Coroner recorded a verdict that deceased died from injuries caused by being knocked down by a motor-car driven by one Frederick Buchanan. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) INVERCARGILL, May 11. This morning, at Makarewa, a train collided with a trap, driven by Mr Henry Hodgkmson, a farmer, aged seventy years. Hougkinson was severely iujured, and died in a few minutes.

During argument in tlio Australian High Court, in a caso when reference wns made to a telegraph discrepancy regarding a vessel, Sir Edmund Barton remarked that this was quite a small mistake for the Telegraph Department. "I remember," ho said, "an amusing instanco coming under my personal notice. A lady, whose husband resided in the country, was to bo joined by her mother in Sydney from another country town. On the arrival of the mother the following wire was lodged at the telegraph office for her husband: 'Mother arrived, safe and well.' On the wire being delivered to the husbaDd it read : 'Another arrived, safo and well.'" (Laughter.)