FROM OTHER CENTRES

Evening Star, Issue 20252, 13 August 1929, Page 12

FROM OTHER CENTRES

OVER AN EIGHTY-FOOT BANK. With a lorry lie was driving William Ediwu, a cartago contractor, went \ovcr an eighty-foot bank on the Horokiwi road, at the Lower Hutt, but'miraculously escaped death, though receiving minor injuries, necessitating his removal to the hospital. The lorry was badly damaged.—Wellington Press Association telegram.

STRUCK A PLUG OF GELIGNITE

David Cherry; employed diy the Public Works. Department, "while using n pick at the summit of the Rhnutakas, struck, a-plug of gelignite, which exploded, injuring him in the face and on* his neck, arras, and right eye. Ho was brought to the Wellington Hos-pital.—Pre-s Association telegram. ASLEEP IN.HIS CAR. After' attending a function at the Officers’ Club in honour of the officers of the French cruiser, Charles Stanley Clark was found in his ear asleep in an intoxicated condition along with another man, also under the influence of liquor, and was arrested. It was explained in court that Clark had realised that ho was not in a condition to drive, and had therefore decided to rest in his car, but .bad fallen asleep. The magistrate imposed a fine of £2o. Wellington Press Association telegram. INTERNAL INJURIES. A .Pahiatua Association message states that a labourer named Kenneth S'chlager wa admitted to the .hospital with internal injuries, the result of a car accident at Konini. The steering gear failed, and the.ear left the road and crashed into a rock. AIR RACE AROUND EUROPE. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON. August 13. (Received August 13, at 2 p.m.) In the rmmd-Europe flight a German (Kirsch) arrived first at Amsterdam, followed by Broad, Miss Spooner, Kipps, and ‘Carbeny. Thirty-three still remain in the ■ contest. —Australian Press Association-United Service. TO BE DEMOLISHED. The Waikato County Council to-day received notice from the health authori ties requiring the demolition of the two roomed house at Waerenga occupied by the family of Peter Elraslio, who was recently concerned on a charge of cruelty to his wife. The Health Officer’s report revealed the home to bo m a filthy condition, in disrepair, and unfit for"habitation.—Hamilton Press Association telegram.