ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 83, 5 October 1905, Page 5

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

(lit TELEGRAPH. — PRESS ASSOCIATION.] THAMES, 4th October. A fatal accident occurred on board the barque Dunblane, lying in the gulf completing loading timber. A lad named Elisha Sangrada, a native of Mauritius, Was aloft furling a sail when he missed his hold and fell to the deck, striking his head against an anchor. He never regained consciousness, and died of concussion of the brain. A verdict was returned accordingly. AUCKLAND 4th Ootober. A man named William Hetherington .had' a severe experience whilst going to the creamery this morning. At the iVtangaiti crossing a ballast train ran into his wagon and smashed it up. Tne horses were injured, Hetherington was thrown out, and Was found to bo suffering from concussion of the brain. Hetherington had a marvellous escape from more serious injuries, a3 he was thrown against a post.

Sitting in his civil jurisdiction at the Magistrate's Court to-day, Dr, A. M'Arthur^S.M., gave judgment for plaintiffs in the following cases:— The Dairyman and Farmers' Union Journal Company (Limited) v. James Patterson, £1 63,' "costs £1 17s; Arthur Lilley v. Wm, Sponoer, £1 12s 6d, costs 6s; City of Wellington Eiectric Light and Power Company (Limited) v. Allan J. Roberts, 518 13s 6d, costs £1 10s 6d; James Dempsey v. Samuel- M'lvor, 12s, without costs ; Young and Elliott v. Alfred Lloyd Davies, £5 10a, costs £1 6s 6d; Yeres, Barker, and Finlay (Limited) v. Hans Hoffeins, 7s 6d, costs 2i j same v. Chas. Hanson, £45 4s 9d, costs £3 5s 6d ; The Commercial Agency (Limited) v. George Smart, £46 Os Bd, costs £3 6s; The Gilbert Machinery Company (Limited) v. O'Beilly Bros., £11 Os 7d, costs £1 10s 6d ; s«me v. Root. 0. Cheeseman, £7 8s sd, costs £1 13s '6d ; same John Adams, £3 11b Id! costs £1 3s 6d; same v. Frederick Betts, £14 Is 10s, costs £1 lOs 6d ; Henry Fielder and Co. v. Geo. M'Arthur, £36 6s 3d, costa £2 14s ; same V. Maud Frances Hobbs, £1 12s 6d, costs 63; W, Littlejohn and b'on v. Mona Forth, £2 7s 6d, coats 53 ; David Ritchie r. Jackson Edward Bridges, £3 16s, costs 10s ; same v Matthew Hickey, 63, costs ss ; Elizabeth Barlow v. Frank Scoringe, £2 ss, costs 10s; L. Smith, v. John Morgan, £6 10a, costs £1 3s 6d ; John VVm. Norman v. John Brooks, £2 8s <xl, costs 7s In the judgment summons case L. M. Smith v. E. Anderson, a debt of €2 14s, debtor was ordered to pay 2s" a week, first payment to be made on the 12th October. At a well-attended meeting in P.ilmwston North last night.it was decided to form a boxing association to bo known ax the Manawafu Boxing Association, and to register Under the Un. classified Societies Act. The meeting was an enthusiastic one, and the branch promises to be a very live one. It is intended to Lold the first exhibition in ■»ix weeks' time. Votes of thanks wert passed to the Wellington Boxing Astociation for its assistance in forming the branch, and alao to Mr. Wm. CoflW, Secretary of tfio Wellington Association, who went tv Palmerston and gavo the promoters advice as to how to proceed with the formalities and conduct the Association. Tendor* aro invited for the eunnlv of milk to the Wellington HogpilaL