ACCIDENTS

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21465, 6 May 1935, Page 17

ACCIDENTS

MOTORCYCLIST KILLED

MACHINE IN FLAMES AFTER ACCIDENT

l< (rasas temsgham.) a AUCKLAND, May 4. One man was killed and a second rescued from the debris of a blazing motor-cycle and sidecar about 7.30 a.m. to-day after the vehicle had collided head-on with a heavy milk g lorry on the Great South road at Otahuhu. ■■ ■ Ronald Edmund Smith, aged 26, a 1; fitter, of Papatoetoe, who had been i: married only a week, was killed, and t Terrance McSweeney, aged 22, lab- t ourer, of Papatoetoe, suffered concus- t sion and a fractured leg. He underwent an operation later and his condition is fairly serious. Smith was the driver of the motorI cycle. At a curve on the road the motor-cycle combinatipn wobbled, then swerved across the road and crashed into the lorry. Instantly it burst into flames. f Smith was crushed between the , motor-cycle and the radiator of the i lorry and killed instantly. McSweeney t was knocked unconscious by the im- , pact and collapsed into the burning j ruins of the motor-cycle. The lorry-driver, R. B. Billings, had' realised that the motor-cycle was out of control and had slowed down practically to a stop. He jumped from the driver's seat and dragged Smith out. It was apparent that he was dead and his clothes were burning. 3 Billings then dashed into the flames t again and rescued McSweeney, who c then slowly recovered consciousness. r Billings said it appeared to him ( that the driver of the motor-cycle c could not keep the sidecar on the j road, and in an effort to recover got s into a bad wobble. The machine £ swerved to its own side of the road and then shot across al an angle and hit the lorry with great force.

MAN FOUND UNCONSCIOUS A man whose name is believed to be F. Wilsor was picked up outside the 1 hotel at Rolleston in an unconscious 1 condition and suffering from head 111- { juries' on Saturday evening. A St. t John Ambulance went out in response I to a call at 9.45 p.m., and brought him 1 in to the Christchurch Public Hospi- t tal, where he was still unconscious, and J in a serious condition, yesterday alter- 1 noon. He had apparently been ] knocked down by a motor-vehicle. . < i GIRL INJURED i ) A small girl, Natalie Ayers, of 167 Huxley street, Sydenham, suffered head injuries while playing on Saturday afternoon. She was taken to the Christchurch Public Hospital and admitted shortly before 5 o'clock. NORTH AMERICAN ZONE OF DAVIS CUP j MEXICO MEETS CUBA MEXICO CITY, May 3. The Davis Cup (North American zone) opening matches resulted): — Esteban Reyes (Mexico) beat Arturo Randin (Cuba), 6-2, 6-0, 6-3. Daniel Hernandez (sixth, on the American ranking list) best Norenzo Nodarse (Cuba), 5-7, 6-3, 4-6, 8-6, 6-2. The winners will meet the winners of the match between the United

States and China. I WINTER COMPETITION OPENS GOOD ENTRY FOR HAWKINS SHIELD J; I The Canterbury Lawn Tennis Asso- £ • ciation's winter inter-club competition s was commenced on the hard courts at . Wilding Park on Saturday afternoon . in weather that would have been " appropriate to the mid-summer game. 1 Again the competition has been well ' i supported by the clubs, and though i few of the senior players are taking J part there should be some good matches < i later on. ■ New. Brighton, winner of the Hawkins Shield last season, has practically the same team, but it will be strongly challenged by Linwood A, Cashmere, - and Elmwood A. There was a very close match on Saturcay by the two last-mentioned teams, Cashmere, run-ner-up in last year's competition, saining a victory by two sets. Results were as follows: — 1 NEW BRIGHTON A v. FENDALTON i Singles M. McGillivray b;al K. Hurtle, G-'2, (i-0. K. T. Ilardic beat <} C'harman, G-3, G-2. j A. F. Hcald beat S. Milne, C-'-!, G-3. i\ Parsonage beat C. Hart, 0-4, 0-3. Doubles McGillivray and llardie boat; llarilo uiul , Clui-rnuui, G-0, G-t. , ] Hrald anc! Parsonage beat Hart and I Milne, G-3, G-3. | j New Brighton won by G matt-lies io 0.

LIN WOOD A v. CANTERBURY COLLEGE Sin-'leg A. li. Cunt beat It. It- W. Rainey, c-3, N. 11. Mansiie] 1 beat M. A verio, G-o, G-0. P. J. 801 l bent N. Wilde. G-5, G-l. E. K. Mil ban beat M. J. Graham, 0-5, G-2. Doubles Cant and Mansfield beat Raiuey and C?aiiam, 0-4, G-4. Bel and Mahan beat Avcris and Wilde, 0-2, G4. Lin wood won by 0 matches to 0, CASHMERE v. ELMWOOD A Singles if. flyers beat G. W r . Flint, G-5, G-L J. Mosley lost to L. J. Bioughton. 0-li, G-5, 5-G. . J. W. Ruston lust to A. C. i'cltoii, 5-G, ;s C-4, 1-6. A. Fraiitr beat D. Bannchr, 0-1, 2-C, C-3. 1, Doubles Mosley and Myers lost to Brought on and 1, Felton, 2-G, .6-2, 5-G. Ruston and Fraaer beat Flint and Buunelir, G-3, G-3. ' | Caslimero won by 0 sots to 7. T ' LINWOOD B v. ELMWOOD B Singles

,t A. P. Sowden beat R. Davidson, G-4, 4-G, | a C ' s ' ' W. A. Towning beat J. A. Henry, 6-3, 2-6, (i-5. D. Brown beat R. L 'impßon, 5-6, 6-5, G-2. C- til, SLarman beat V?. Barry, 6-2, 6-2. Doubles and Downing lost to Davidson end Henry, 6-5, 3-G, 5-fi Brown and Siiarmau boat Sinpson mul Barry, !!-6, 6 ?, 6-1. G- Linwood won by 5 matches to 1. Now Brighton B liad tho bye.