WANGANUI NOTES

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 83, 6 January 1928, Page 6

WANGANUI NOTES

Wanganui, January 5. The death occurred at the Wanganui Hospital last night of Alfred Joseph Seddon Brown, who sustained concussion and a fractured skull early on Sunday morning as the result of a fall from a motor-cycle in Puriri Street. Deceased, who was 21 years of age, was a hairdresser by occupation, and was the sou of Mr. Thomas A. Brown, proprietor of a Victoria Avenue barber’s establishment. The young man was widely interested in sports affairs and was a member of the Wanganui Amateur Dramatic, and Musical Society. It is presumed that the accident was due to the machine skidding on some loose metal. Yesterday hundreds of Wanganui residents 'resumed work in shops, offices and warehouses. The summer weather has not been so generous for holiday-makers for some years, and mnnv 'found it extremely hard to settle down to work again. The city has been a place of strange faces during the holidays, but a reshuffling took place yesterday when numerous visitors departed, while many Wanganui people returned from the holidays. An inquest concerning the death of Edward William Head, 18 years of age, who died on Sunday from wounds received at Turakina as the result of the accidental discharge of a pea-rifle on December 27, was held yesterday before the acting Coroner, Mr. J. J. Pilkington. The Coroner returned a verdict that death was due to the accidental discharge of the rifle and mentioned that no blame was attachable to anyone. Balfour Redin, aged 13 years, who resides in Gonville Avenue, was admitted to the Public Hospital this morning suffering from a compound fracture of the right elbow. He fell from a horse.