REEFTON NOTES
(Our Own Correspondent,. REEFTON, August 28. A painful accident, involving the loss of the little finger and severe lacerations to the others on the right hand befel the youngest son of Mr W. Gore Porter yesterday afternoon. The two youngest members of the. famly were playing with the lawn mower, when the smaller one’s hand was caught, with the above result. The cAild was taken to the Reefton Hospital. The road deviation at the Six Mile, on the Murchison-Maruia road, put in to avoid the big slip at that place, is expected to be finished next week. This work will avoid the change over of cars and reduce the time of the journey to Nelson from Reefton bv two hours.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 28 August 1929, Page 4
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