Mora Collapses, Dies In Plane

Northern Advocate, 10 January 1948, Page 2

Mora Collapses, Dies In Plane

i CHRISTCHURCH, Sat. < P.A/>—Re- j j turning from a holiday in Wellington, ] Mr Stanley Matthewson Roves. 54, i engineer’s fitter, 169 Oxford Street, j Dunedin, collapsed and died suddenly, in a Lodestar aircraft just before it j reached Harewood at noon yesterday. ; Mr Boyes. who was accompanied by j his wife, appeared to turn pale and j j slumped backwards 10 minutes before j i the plane reached Harewood from ! | Paraparaumu. j An ambulance met the plane and Mr j I Boyes was taken to Christchurch Hcs- : pital .where he was found to be dead. ' An inquest was opened and adjourn- j sd sine die. after evidence of identifica- i tion. A post mortem was ordered. Death Of Cyclist HAMILTON, Sat. (Sp.).—Fatal in-j juries were received by a Maori cyclist in the Te Mawhai district on Thursday night. He was: , Mr Temanganui Ngaamo,. aged 54,: labourer, married, of Kihikihi. ! Mr Ngaamo was riding a bicycle , along the Te Mawhai road in the early evening when the machine skidded in 1 loose metal on a corner. The rider 1 was thrown and suffered head injuries.! He was admitted to the Waikato Hos- j pital and died shortly before mid- j night. Fatal Electric Shock INVERCARGILL, Sat. (P.A.)—While working on a boring plant at the Star State coal mine at Ohai a man suffered i a fatal electric shock. He "was: | Mr James Stephen Neylon, aged 61, j widower, of Nightcaps. It is believed a jib came into contact with overhead wires.