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MISHAP AT WAIMATE GORGE. (Per Press Association—Copyright). CHRISTCHURCH, June 3. The driver, Charles Henry Ford, of Timarit, and a passenger, had a fortunate escape from serious injury When the motor-lorry in which they were travelling from Waihao Forks to Wainiate late on Wednesday evening, left .the rpad and. overturned near the Waimate end of the Waimate Gorge. Both men received only minor injuries and were able to walk to Waimate, hut the truck, which was owned by Cordials, Ltd.; Timaru, was laden with crates of bottles and was considerably damaged. Ford suffered an injury to his shoulder, hut both men Went cn -to Timaru that evening. ■ l ” j MISSING MAN FOUND DEAD. , NELSON, June 2. The body of Charles Albert Muir, single. 32, who had been missing since April 19, was found beside a gorse bush, by rabbit shooters, in a valley west of the Bishopdale railway station, last evening. Deceased" apparently wandered, until be became exhausted.
TRAIN EXAMINER KILLED. CHRISTCHURCH, June 3. James S. Reid, a middle-aged man, who had been employed as a train examiner at Springfield for about 14 years, Was killed last night when he was struck by a rake of trucks, which were being shunted at the Springfield station. Reid, who was a married man with a. family of four children, had been examining, a train when he was struck by a rake of trucks being shunted nearby from another train. He suffered severe injuries and death was instantaneous. BIGAMY CHARGE ADMITTED. HASTINGS, June 2. Pleading guilty to a bigamy charge before Justices of the Peace in the Magistrate’s Court this morning, Noel Samuel BethwoTl, aged 30. a farm labourer, was committed to tlie Supreme Court for sentence. He made no application for bail.
The facts, as admitted by Bethwell, wore that he was married at the registry office at Palmerston'North to Ruby Laurena Christensen on January 6. 1933, and parted from her in April, 1935. there being oil© child of the union. On April 23, 1938, he wont through a form of marriage at the Hastings Methodist Church with another woman. DAMAGES,. AWARDED PATIENT. PALMERSTON NORTH. June 2. After a retirement of four hours, the jury in tlie Supreme Court awarded damages (£4OO general and £172 special) to Mrs Olive Rita Paterson against
Dr Kcnrick Dean, the .allegations being improper treatment of an injured knee. Mr Justice Quilliam granted counsel for the defence leave to apply for a new trial on tbo grounds that the verdict was'against the weight of evidence. Tn his address to the jury his Honour suggested that there was a preponderance of evidence in favour of the view that the disability Mrs Paterson was
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 June 1938, Page 6
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