MID-CANTERBURY

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20470, 13 February 1932, Page 7

MID-CANTERBURY

* —-— ASHBURTON. FOOT CRUSHED. As the result of some shingle falling upon him while he was working in a swingle pit, Herbert Hydes, a middleaged man, an employee of the Anaina Road Board, who lives in the Mayfield district, was admitted to the As'iburton Public Hospital, yesterday :.;'t<!rnoon, suffering from a crushed left foot. Several of the smaller boiv?s oi? the foot were fractured. His condition is not serious. Magistrate's Court. A sitting of the Magistrate's Court was held yesterday, when Mr C. ft. Orr Walter, S.M., presided. .Francis Colthurst Godfrey was convicted and ordered to jjiiy costs for hav ln ß, a . n 'i u| '" a gistored lnotov-cur. Cecil Hall was lined £1 utid costs for failing to give way to traffic on his '''gut. He was given two weeks in '•vhit'll to pay the flu®.

Thomas John Henry BeJJ was charged with negligently driving a motor-eat along Moore street. He was fined £1 and costs. For -watering with a garden hose dur- j 1 jng prohibited hours. Maria Burton was j lined 10s and costs. j Personal. j Mr J. B. Nicoll will represent the Ashburtori County Cricket Association j ut a special meeting of the New Ze:i- ! land Cricket Council at Christchureh tonight. Messrs? it-. A. Collins and J. Fiudlay, who retired by rotation, were re-elected unopposed to the directorate of the A«»burton "Permanent Building Society. Loyal Ashburton Lodge. The Loyal Ashburton Lodge, 1.0.0.K, M.U.. met on Thursday evening, when lIic: N'.G'., Bro. J. Thompson, presided. Two candidates were proposed Cof membership. The white degree was conferred upon two brothers. * 1