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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 31 March 1915, Page 6

A Wellington Press Association wire states that Mr Frank Reed, for some ■vears past superintending engineer for v the Mines Department, has been appoint<ni chief inspector of coal mines in the Dominion. A platoon of senior cadets, marching down a somewhat badly lighted street in Christchnrch cn Thursday evening, was overtaken by a motor-car. Five or six youths were knocked down, one of them Jbeinjr apparently injured. He was pulled from"under the car and taken to the hospital. but it was found that his injuries consisted only of a cut knee and a slight shaking \and ho was allowed to go to his home aftgfr treatment. The driver's explanation* was that only his oil . lights [ were burning, and he did not see tho cadets until he was right on them, and then he pulled up very promptly. On the other band, it is stated tbat there was a band With the cadets, and these on the march considered the collision could have been avoided. On February 28th, there passed from our midst an old and highly respected colonist, in the person of Mr. Thomas tJandersen. of Grove-street, The Wood, Nelscn. The deceased was- a native of fifcien, Norway, and was a real, hardy old Norseman. True to the characteristics and traditions of his race, he followed the sea for many years, and from time to time was identified with old-time Fjitoping companies, under 'whose flags he served with a great amount of success. Ultimately lie arrived in New Zealand in 1860, where, as many others did in those days, he sought the gold- ] fields. Finally he made his home in j Nelson, where he married a daughter j of the late Mr. Geo. Remnant (another ( oki settler, well-known in the Ngatimoti district), who still survives him. The deceased had four in family, three sons and one daughter (Mrs Moss Delaney), ih~ only surviving son being- Mr Arthui Gnndersen. He also had five grandchildren. | What must be a record for the number j of wounds sustained by any individual is held by Rene-Vidal, a French private, aged 32, who was wounded -in no fewer than 139 places, and yet survives. Yidal was in a trench near Mont Diddier, when a shrapnel burst behind him, throwing out countless pieces of metal and riddling his right leg. None of the wounds was mortal, and Vidal is now able to get &bgut on crutches. '