ITEMS IN BRIEF

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 135, 4 March 1929, Page 12

ITEMS IN BRIEF

FROM FAR AND NEAR Serious Fall From Horse.—Myrtle Ham (18 years of age), of Rotoorangi. Cambridge, was taken to the Waikato Hospital with head injuries, the result of a fall from a horse while riding in ■ jumps. Her condition is serious.—Press Assn. Motorists Injured.—A car containing Mr. E. Montgomery, hotel proprietor, and Mr. R. Woodward, theatre proprietor, both of Auckland, turned a double somersault when a tire blew out on a sandedroad near Hamilton on Saturday. Mont---gomery broke several ribs and suffered from severe shock. He was taken tod hospital. Woodward was slightly in-: jured.—Press Assn. « Two Seamen Lost at Sea. —The Finnish barque Ponape has arrived after nearly a five months’ voyage from Swe-' den (states an Australian Press Associa- ' tion message from Melbourne). During a terrific gale in the North Atlantic two ' seamen were washed overboard and drowned. Heroic rescue efforts almost resulted in other members of the crew losing ' their lives. Shortage of Water. —Owing to the water shortage the New Plymouth hydro-, electric power is shutting down for two periods of over an hour daily while the ’ water collects. The tramways and. industries are thus stopped, causing much . inconvenience. There is no sign of rain.’, —Press Assn. : . Bequest to the Suffering.—The late Mr. George Parr, a prominent Hamilton resident and member of the Auckland. Har-. hour Board, who died on Monday, bequeathed his home and three acres on the ■ river bank as a convalescent home for child patients from the Waikato Hospital? The propertv is valued at £3OOO, states a. Hamilton Press Association message.Gift of Aeroplane.—The Gipsy Moth aeroplane presented by the directors -of ■ the... New Zealand Herald and “Auckland Weekly News” to the Auckland Aero Club, was formally pre- ■ sented, by Mr. Roy H. Horton, manag- ' ing director, at the club’s aerodrome at- - Ihumata. 'ibe machine was christened by Mrs. R. M. Hacket, wife of the editor ’ of the “Herald.” ■ Major Cowper, in-; structor to the club, then gave a demonstration of aeronautics in the ’plane.— ‘ Press Assn. Caught Between Buffers.—Thomas Black, aged 51 years, employed at the ’ Logan Point quarry, was killed on Saturday morning on a railway siding, states a Dunedin Press Association telegram? Deceased was in charge of two trucks, . and when the vehicles were approaching several other - trucks he attempted to detach a chain, but was caught between the buffers. He expired before reaching the hospital. Youth Found Shot.—On Saturday a£ . ternoon, states an Invercargill Press. As-sociation-message, a search party consisting of two constables and others found the body of Stanley Milburn, a , youth, aged 18, and employed in an Im vercargill mercantile office, who had been ■. missing since Thursday. The body was found in a clump of bushes near New- ;■ castle Street, with a bullet wound in the head and a discharged rifle lying alongside.