YOUNG MAN KILLED

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27210, 30 November 1953, Page 10

YOUNG MAN KILLED

CAR STRIKES POST ACCIDENT NEAR LINCOLN A young man was killed and another injured when a motor-car ran off'the road about two miles west of Canterbury Agricultural College, Lincoln, on Saturday evening, and struck a concrete power pole. The man killed was: Bodger Francis Carter, aged 20, single, an agricultural contractor. His father is Mr T. F. Carter, of Greenpark. The only passenger in the car was Colin Wright, aged 19* years, son of Mr G. A. Wright, of Sprmgston, who'was admitted to the Christchurch Public Hospital. It was reported last evening that his condition was satisfactory. The accident occurred about 9.25 p.m. Mr Carter was driving a late model American car in an easterly direction toward Lincoln on the South-bridge-Sockburn main highway. On a bend the can ran off the road and struck a concrete power pole. The pole was snapped and fell on top of the car, which was heavily damaged about the engine and the driver’s seat. Mr Carter was dead by the time he was extricated from the wreckage. A passing taxi driver picked up Mr Wright and took him to Lincoln, where he received medical treatment, and then brought him on to the Christchurch Public Hospital,

MOTORCYCLIST KILLED

TWO OTHER MEN INJURED IN COLLISION (New Zealand Press Association) DUNEDIN, November 29. A motor-cyclist was killed and two other men were admitted to the Dunedin Public Hospital after a motor-cycle collided with a motor-car about 6.48 p.m. on Saturday. The man killed was:— Leonard Sharpie, aged 30, married, an attendant at the Seacliff Hospital. The injured were: Richard Felin, aged 28, of Alexandra street, Abbotsford, the pillion rider; and Arthur Downie, of Calder street, driver of the car. The injured men were today reported to be making satisfactory pro-

ANGLER DROWNED IN STREAM

TAURANGA BARRISTER (New Zealand Press Association; AUCKLAND, November 29. A well-known Tauranga barrister, Mr John Keith Butler Lusk, was drowned yesterday at 4 p.m. in a stream below the power house at McLaren’s falls, Tauranga County. Mr Lusk, accompanied by Mr B. Hartman, had been fishing for trout from the bank of a deep pool 300 yards below the falls. After fishing for two hours they decided to make a final cast before returning home. Mr Hartman slipped on some rocks and fell into the pool. He was swimming back when Mr Lusk, who had been endeavouring to help him, also fell in. Mr Hartman managed to hold Mr Lusk up but .finally lost his grip and his friend disappeared. The Tauranga police recovered the body tiiis morning after the power house dam had been closed to lower the level of the stream. Mr Lusk, who was 45 years of age, was a member of a well-known Auckland family. His father is Mr J. B. Lusk, of Epsom. He was married and had three children. His wife, formerly Miss Elaine Hopkins, of Hamilton, is also a qualified solicitor.

- Mr Lusk was president of the J Tauranga Acclimatisation Society. He was recently installed as Junior Grand Warden of the Masonic Grand Lodge J at a ceremony in the Auckland Town ■ Hall. r ‘ TWO CARS COLLIDE ■ FIVE PERSONS INJURED, j VEHICLES WRECKED : (New Zealand Press Association; GORE, November 28. Two cars were practically wrecked and five persons were admitted to hospital as a result of a head-on collision on the main road near the south boundary of Gore early last evening. Three of the injured persons were later discharged. The occupants of the vehicles and their injuries were: Beatrice Jane Robertson, of Mataura, concussion and scalp wounds, condition satisfactory; Elsa Robertson, aged 12, of Mataura, bruises, treated and discharged; Robert Ruskin Galt, of Tuturau, leg in- ! jury, treated and discharged; David ’ Murray Wilson, general manager of j the New Zealand Paper Mills, Mataura, superficial injuries to face, treated and ’ discharged: Violet Marjory Wilson. . wife of Mr Wilson, concussion, head and chest injuries, condition satis- . factory. > Mr Galt, who was accompanied by : Miss Robertson and her sister, was i travelling south, and Mr Wilson was driving towards Gore. TWO YEAR-OLD BOY DROWNED IN DAM (New Zealand Press Association) PALMERSTON NORTH, Nov. 29. lan John Thurston, aged two years, was found drowned in a dam on his father’s farm at Spur road, West Colyton, on Saturday. He was first missed at 1 p.m. His father, Mr L. Thurston, organised a search party, and the boy’s body was recovered from the dam five hours later. FATAL FALL INTO RIVER (New Zealand Press Association) AUCKLAND. November 29. A Maori farmer was killed in a fall down a steep 40ft bank on his farm into the Mangaoporo river, about five miles from Ruatoria yesterday. He was: • Wananga te Ariki Haig, aged 48, married. A search made for Mr Haig yesterday was unsuccessful, and it was not until early this morning that the body was found on the rocky riverbed. FATAL INJURIES TO WATERSIDER (New Zealand Press Association) DUNEDIN, November 29. A waterside worker received severe injuries when he fell down the hold while working on the motor vessel Sussex on Saturday afternoon and died in the Dunedin Public Hospital this afternoon. He was:— WiU i? John Mullen, aged 30, of Meridian street, Port Chalmers. FIVE VEHICLES IN MISHAP SMOKE OVER ROAD NEAR RAKAIA Five vehicles were involved in a collision near the overhead traffic bridge north of Rakaia on Saturday morning. At the time of the collision heavy smoke from a grass fire burning between the railway line and the road covered the roadway. Nicholas Welsh, of Ashburton, a passenger in one of the Cars, suffered a broken nose and some of the other peroons involved in the collision, ween (

treated for minor cuts from flying glass by Dr E. Candy, of Rakaia. n?’ J** 011 ’ of Sutherlands, South Canterbury, stopped his car near the overhead bridge because he could not see through the smoke from the fire. While it was in the smoke his car was hit from behind by a fruck driven by Mr A. Henderson, of Cambridge street, Ashburton. Mr Henderson s truck was then hit by another motoristj Mr N. S. Cartwright, of Alford Forest road, Ashburton. A taxi driven by Mr R. J. Wild, of Coronation street, Waimate, collided with Mr Cartwright’s car. A Timaru Transg?r* horse-float then ran into Mr Wild’s vehicle. INJURY TO HAND Ronald Roach, a mechanic, whose address is care of the Glenelg Health Camp, was admitted to the Christchurch Public Hospital yesterday with an injury to a hand suffered wheri the car he was driving along Randolph street about 4.10 p.m. came into collision with another car driven by ArtsuL.E2ward Berry, a glass moulder, T uam street, at the intersection of Matlock and Randolph streets, Woolston. His condition is satisfactory. BABY’S DEATH

A 10-months-qld baby boy died in his bassinet on Friday night. He was S’ST Wdlis, ®° n of Mr and Mrs ;D. «. Willis, of 69 Hoon Hay road. An inquest into the baby’s death was opened, before the Coroner, Mr E B. IE Taylor, on Saturday morning, and fa « ne i sll f? a * ter evidence <rf J identification had been given. A postMWMMitaa wag oedeeed. i,