VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 February 1917, Page 7

VARIOUS DOMINION ITEMS

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FATAL ACCIDENT IN A qILfIRY. . PAHIATCA, ,I’cbruaiy 19.—Jolm Mil, IU-- M’Niu'ry Duncan, raged ibrty-oiie jems, was Killed by a' big fall of metal at a quarry vvheie he was working at Hukatimii. lie-sustained shocking-injuries. Another man, Wiliam Cutler, hud a nariow escape. The pit had been frequently inspected, but no danger -was apparent. Deceased loaves a wife and several children at Makuri,

Motor car accident. - ;■ :: ■TIMARU. February , 17. —Tluee woung ladies, Misses R. Spencer, A .Spencer and Handle, who reside in Christcaurch and are spending a holiday in Timaru met. , With an accident on Thursday .They went out for a whole day's motor run over a large pait of South Canterbury, and at Cupes’s Valley, behind Geraldine, the ear came to grief on a steep hill. One of Lie passengers states the brakes tailed to act, and in order to avoid going over a bank, the car was turned against,the bank on the opposite side of y the mud. It 1 capsfecd; and Miss Randle and Mis s SpencerVwere lilrrown out and rolled some distance while Miss A. Spencer escaped very lightly. The driver' was pinned under the car, but it is under.stood that he was not injured. Miss R. Spencer was unconscious for some time, and s still ill. Miss Randle' was taken to-day to the Timaru Hospital, still suffering from concussion and severe bruises, and ib will be some time before either of these ladies is able to get about again. SUGAR SUPPLIES. AUCKLAND, This Day.—ln refer-LF enco to rumours in the south of. the shortage of sugar supplies, the ColonialSugar Company state that full sup- “A; plies are available, but delivery 'has. , been delayed owing to the shortage of. steamer communication. About 1700 y tuns will be despatched • fpr Southoni ports before Saturday. ■ i. ‘