LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS.
(Per Press Association.) THAMES, this day. A young man named J. McKendrick met with his death »i a painfully .sudden manner this afternoon. He was driving a- hor.se and cait down the wharf at the Thames. He endeavored to turn. The horse- was unused to the wharf, and ■bucked over. The cart and horse were precipitated into the mud. It was low water at the time. The cart turned a somersault, pinning McKendrick down. The horse lashed out, kicking him about the head. When rescued a moment later he was dead. It is believed the man was stunned by the kicks and suffocated m the mud. The other occupant of the vehicle had a miraculous escape. CHRISTCHURCH, this day. The third! round of the ladies' golf championship was held to-day. Miss Lewis (Auckland) beat Mrs Fergus (Dunedin), 6 up, 4to play ; Miss James (Wellington) beat Miss G. Gorrie (Auckland), 2 up, 1 to play; Mrs Bloomfield (Auckland) beat Miss Jackson (Wangauui), 2 up ; Mrs Ogston (Dunedin) beat Miss L. Brandon (Wellington). 1 up.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 10140, 29 August 1904, Page 3
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177LATE NEW ZEALAND NEWS. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 10140, 29 August 1904, Page 3
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