SERIOUS OPERATION.
UNDERGONE BY CHIEF JUSTICE
LEG AMPUTATED
Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, May 8. The Chief Justice of the Dominion, Hon. Sir Charles Skerrett, underwent a serious operation to-day resulting in the amputation of a leg. It is understood that the operation was rendered necessary through the presence in the leg of a clot of blood and that amputation was resorted to finally to prevent complications. The operation was performed by Sir Donald McGavin.
At a lute hour this evening his condition was reported to be satisfactory.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 136, 9 May 1928, Page 7
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