DRIVER KILLED

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28537, 17 March 1958, Page 10

DRIVER KILLED

Car Hits Pole At Ellesmere The driver of a car which struck a telegraph pole at Chamberlains corner, on the Christ-church-Southbridge road near Ellesmere at 6.30 a.m. yesterday, died from his injuries. He was: Peter Maxwell Phillips, aged 26 ( years, a grocer’s assistant of Hororata. Mr Phillips apparently failed to take the sharp corner, about 1 half a mile from the Selwyn n bridge, and his car ran off the n road and hit the pole. The car was badly damaged. d Dr. W. A. Johnston of Lincoln r was called to the scene, but Mr 0 Phillips was found to be dead. <j c Fatal Fall From V 2 Express ' (New Zealand Press Association) « NEW PLYMOUTH, March 16. ? A man was killed when he fell t from the Auckland-Wellington limited express just south of - Taumarunui at 1.17 a.m. ycster- r day. He was Peter John Joseph O’Neil, aged 58, a carpenter, of Welling-' F ton. ' Mr O’Neill was on the train t when it left Taumarunui. When « he was missed a search ofjthe train was made but he could not c be found. The driver of the ( Wellington-Auckland express, Mr M. Annan, was alerted when the two trains crossed at* Piriaka, seven miles from Taumarunui. Mr 8 Annan saw the body lying beside the track, 200 yards south of the end of the Matapuna bridge. Passenger Killed; Two Others Injured (New Zealand Press Association) j DUNEDIN.. March i One man was killed and two c others were injured early this j morning when their car failed to t take a bend x on the Portobello ] highway. TheStnan killed was: j Clarence Inder Guffie, aged 34, single, of 55 Walton street. < Dunedin. < The injured persons, who are { in Dunedin Hospital, are: Gerald . Francis Wedlock, aged 22, of 114 1 Hillside road, who was the driver < of the car, and Miss Alexandra i Hanna, aged 20. of 100 Glenpark 1 avenue. - • i The car left the road near Glenfalloch, and plunged into the harbouf. Two Injured When Car Leaves Road ; Two men were injured on Sat- ■ urday when the utility vehicle they were driving in left the Sumner-Lyttelton high wav near the School for the Deaf. Sumner. 1 and crashed down the hill, leaving a trail of broken glass and ; debris. The accident occurred at , the same place as one last Saturday evening. The vehicle was badly damaged. The two men, Francis George Wells. 10 Hanmer street, who was the driver, and Ernest Alexander Clydesdale, of 38 Wairuna loop, were taken to the Christchurch Public Hospital by the Lyttelton St. John ambulance. They were admitted shortly after 6 p m. Late last evening their condition was reported to be satisfactory. Cricketer Injured (New Zealand Press Assoctationi WELLINGTON, March 16. The Wellington Rugby representative. A. S. Clark, who did not play football last season because he had a broken leg, now has the other leg in plaster and will be out of action for several weeks. 1 While fielding a ball in a third 1 grade cricket match at Anderson i Park, Wellington, yesterday, Clark fell and twisted his ankle He was taken to hospital, where it was found that a bone was i broken. I 2 ' SPRONG ROTARY' BEAN SLICERS These Bean Slicers with the 1 Stringing attachment will do two • beans at once. Priced at only 13s : lOd. Postage Is 6d. • MASON STRUTHERS and CO., LTD., Colombo st. ’Phone 65-079. —Advt.