Points From The News

Northern Advocate, 25 May 1936, Page 6

Points From The News

jpiVE fire-engines in 611 were called upon to suppress two different outbreaks of fire in the one motor car yesterday morning. The first call, which was received at 12.54 a.m., came from Ponsonby Road, and was answered by one machine from the Western Districts Station and one from the Central Station. The second call came from Patteson Street, Freeman’s Bay, at 8.13 a.m., and two engines from the Central Station and one from the Western Districts Station attended. The lire was caused in each case by faulty ignition. The flames were suppressed by an extinguisher, but damage was done to the generator and wiring system of the car. — (Special.) * * * * JQAMAGES totalling £ 1704 were awarded in the Supreme Court, Wellington, to Thomas Walton Robertson, a former Post and Telegraph linesman, who was injured in an accident on the Rimutaka Hill on February 18, 1935. The defendant was Ling Sing, of Greytown, whose lorry collided with the plaintiff’s motor cycle. The claim was for £384 special and £1750 general damages, the jury awarding the full amount of special and £ 1320 general damages. Leave to apply for a new trial was granted. (P.A.) MAN whose name and address are unknown was found drowned in the Avon (Christchurch) at 8.40 o’clock yesterday morning. He was described by the police as being about 50 years of age and of medium build. A bicycle and a cap were found on the bank nearby.—(PA.)

last of the preliminary census returns for counties, borough and town districts was issued yesterday by the Government Statistician. It is for Westland County, which has increased by 30 per cent, in the past 10 years. In 1926 the population stood at 4203, and it is now 5535. The increased activity in goldmining, following the rise in the price of the metal, probably accounts for part of the swollen population.—(P.A.) gTRUCK by a tramcar while crossing Eden Terrace on Friday night, an elderly man, Mr John Willis Robinson, of 28 King Street, Glenmore, died in the Auckland Hospital early yesterday morning. An inquest opened yesterday afternoon before Mr Wyvern Wilson, S.M., coroner, was adjourned after formal evidence had been taken.— (Special.)

A N infant, aged one year nine months, died at Dunedin on Saturday afternoon through being choked by a piece of apple lodging in its threat. The child, William Andrew Timms, had just been bathed by his mother and she gave him an apple to eat. When the child showed signs of distress the parents endeavoured, without success, to remove the obstruction. and then hurried to Dr. Stuart Moore for assistance. When they arrived the child was dead. — (P.A). CHRISTCHURCH Caretakers, Cleaners and Liftmen's Union was formed on Saturday evening. It is intended to secure an award for employees of school committees, banks, public bodies and mercantile houses. — (Special.)