CASUALTIES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13209, 16 February 1905, Page 7

CASUALTIES.

(Pes Ukm'ku I'iif.ss Association.) a TOLMNGTON, -February 15. b Robert Cole, aged about 35 years, a car fj penter by trade, living at Berhamparc, was teriousiy iiijureu on a tram ui-ilay. '.Vhiie J riding on a double-decker Cole leaned ovot tho guard-rail, and lug head camo in contact with one of the centre poles. He was pickeu up unconscious and removed to the hospital, whero ho now is in a precarious condition. , James Henry Browning, a clerk, was terribly injured oil tlie oloetric tramway J to-night. .1' is supposed ho stumbled on tho track right in front of a rapidly-travelling " car. Ho was carried by tho undergear for somo distance, tho roadway being spattered with blood. The man has been taken to the hospital. Tho accident oocurrcd near tho Basin Reserve. ( j, A man named John Whyman, a blacksmith, tell from a tramear oil the Caversham r ji side of Caversham Rise at 10 o'clock yestorday morning. Prom what could be gathered ( Whyman is subject to fits, and it is sup- jj posed bo was seized with one of these at y tho time of the accident. After tho occurronce he was convoyed to Mr Price's chemist jj shop in Walker street, wliwa ho was examined by Dr Williams, who recommended bis removal to bis homo at Caversham. The jj injuries sustained aro not considored to bo a of a serious nature. Tlio three-year-old ton of Mr W. Low, of j u Gorge road, was Bitting on tho doorstep (says i the Wyndham Herald), when ho was savagely attacked by a dog. Half tho lobo of tho ] v loft ear was bitten off, and some nasty bites were inflictod about tlio head. The animal ft) (owned by Mr Low for Mine years) was generally docile, and this sudden- attack without apparent cause surprised all concorncd. Tho animal was shot. Tho child ' was taken to Dr Rogers for treatment. j^ - 11l PiIEVALEKCIS OF ANTHRAX. J it , (I'ei! Unitrii I'iikss Association.) h< OHRISTCIIURCII, February 15. At. tho Faimers' Union meeting to-day the Chairman said that the union's colonial " r secretary had reported that 18+ paddocks in J" 1 the colony wore under Government super- 1™ vision owing to anthrax, and at Mr O'Halloran's suggestion it was agreed to write to 6n the Colonial Council to have the mutter investigator). , c ° —— Tjt N.Z. UjNIVEKSITI 7 ' JSXAIIIINA- a, TIONS. nf «■ : • H: Miss Oharlotto A. Harrison, of the school- J house, Watcari, has received word from the , registrar of tho New Zealand University fl< that sho has passed the first scction of t)io B.A. degree examination. ( Aliss Violet M. Clrtfig, M.A., of the Waitaki Girls' High School, who in 1895 was dux of tho 'Otago Girls' High School, has received intimation that she has passed the 1 examination for tho B.So. dogree. ai Mr Thomas Miller and Mr R. 0. Begg havo received cable notice that they have m< passed tlio final section of tho B.A. degree. j],. Mr O. N. Sourr has been notified that lie j), ( has passed tho first section of tho LL.B. ac | examination. ' ha Miss Esther King has received word that w 'j| sho has passed tho final section of tho B.A. examination, and has tied equal for tho a j n sonior scholarship in Mental Science. f o[ The Rev. Frank Tubman, M.A., assistant a 3 priest at St. Matthew's Church, has received tj 0 notice that lie has passed the final scction q{j of the degreo of Bachelor of Science, tin .Miss L. Sullivan has- reoeived intimation on that sho has passed for the M.A. degree. me - lea THE FLAXBOUKNE ESTATE. (Per United Pbess Association.) a ! BLENHEIM, February IS. hei In tho Flaxbourna Esfato case before the rof Compensation Court t-h? following witnesses dui have given evidence on behalf of tho Ga Minister of Lands:—Jas. M'Korrow, ex- the chairman of £and Purchase Board; William cot Griffin, Government valuer, Hawke's Bay; of Ernest Von Rcdon, sheep-farmer, Waira- to rapa; Ernest Kennedy, purveyor and valuer, the Napier; A. BuckJiurst, Crown land ranger tha for,.Marlborough,. The evidence on the sido bei of the Crown is to the. cffcct that Flax- pie bourne is very suitable for cutting up into Th sheep runs, but not -fitted for close agricul- to tural or dairying operations. Tho average . spt of the valuations givon by Crown witnesses j cor for the area being taken is £140,000, as the agajnst £280,000 on the otboc aid#, I tio,

FIKJS IINBUHANOI] AiATUMiS; ■ (F'V-TJKITEP TRFSS . Arsooutios.) WW PLYMOUTH. February 15. Under the aqspipes of the Tradesmen's AsHopiatiqU i a representative inciting l hold tO:nigh't, when tlio following resolutions were passed unanimously:—"Thatit dpeirable that the Government should tig asked npxt session to amend {J» relating* to" colonial and foreign insurance companies doing 'business in the colony) so that tho terms of their policies shall bo uniform ti'ijd approved by the Qqvofnor-in-Council; thqt it shall bo contrary to law for any insurance company iii New Zoajjnd 'tc rofiisa to endorso on its policies tho insurances effeoted in other companies, whether State or priyato, on tho grounds only that siioh other companies dp riot belong to the Underwriters' Association; that the Government bfl requested to consider tho question of allowing English companies, not having agents or offices in tho colony, to issue policies of insurance to persons residing in New Zealand on payment of stamp duty on each policy according to tho amount, insured, as is now tho caso with marino insurances, provided such -insurances are first tendered to the State office,and dfclincd. on tho ground of insufficient reinsurance cover; that the Premier be thanked for

r, passing tho Stat© Firo Insuranco Bill."* >n ■ I