Points From The News

Northern Advocate, 13 May 1939, Page 8

Points From The News

Vessels Bar-Bound.—Due to the restricted bar depths which has been experienced for some time and a heavy swell, shipping at the port of Greymouth is experiencing one of the worst delays for about three years. Three vessels are bar-bound at the wharf and another two are in the roadstead. There is little likelihood of there being any movement until after the weekend.

Wairkoura Tunnel Pierced. —The 4700 Waikour tunnel on the Gisborne-Napier railway route was pierced at 11.20 a.m. yesterday by a barrage of four shots which opened out the last 2ft 6 inches of solid rock separating the two faces. The final shots were put in from the Gisborne end of the tunnel by a party working from Torrie’s camp under the leadership of Mr T. Torrie.

Car Plunges 150 Feet. —While negotiating a hill at Maungati last evening, a car left the road and plunged down a steep hillside for 150 feet before coming to rest in thick gorse. The occupants had a miraculous escape from serious injury. The driver, Mr F. Eggleston, farmer, was uninjured, but his wife suffered an injury to an eye, and concussion. Mr Eric Hines, who had been a patient in the Timaru Hospital and who was being taken home at the time of the accident, suffered concussion and head injuries. Mr Hines’s mother was treated for a cut on the head. The car was extensively damaged.

Three Injured in Collision. —Serious injuries were suffered by a pedestrian in a collision with a motor car on the main road on the Christchurch side of the Styx overhead bridge, last night. Two of the occupants of the car also suffered injury. The' pedestrian, Mr John William Campbell, suffered a compound fracture of both legs and a head injury. His condition is serious. The driver of the car, Mr Mervyn Herbert Wilfred Ashley, aged 21, suffered an injury to his left eye, and the passenger, Mr Albert Patterson, aged 23, suffered concussion.

Escaped.—As( a result of a fire yesterday morning, damage was done to the interior of a brick building occupied by the Central Cafe at Greymouth. Mrs Pope, the proprietress, her son, Mr J. Pope, and a friend, Miss M. Coyne, of Westport, escaped by way of a skylight. They scrambled over the roofs of adjoining buildings, and descended by a ladder.

Fatally Injured.— Fatal injuries were suffered by Mr Clarence Amos, aged about 22, farm labourer, of Kaituna, when the car in which he was travelling as a pasenger left the road, somersaulted and landed on its hood at Birdling’s Flat at about 3.20 a.m. yesterday. Mr Amos was admitted to the Christchurch Hospital, where he died at 6.25 a.m.