INTERPROVINCIAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 16175, 11 July 1923, Page 4

INTERPROVINCIAL.

(per Press Association.) i ATJOKLAND,'-this day

At. an inquest oil ■:■ .-Winifred', Ann Munro,; aged'-66, the.•-'evidence showed that depcasedvfell in a'bedroom onMonday.night through her ankle giving way, flj compound' fracture of tho thighbone. Dr.-.r'rengley, resident medical'/officer at' the- hospital,' stated that inquiries .made showed thaftm" immediate-, operation was necessary. -.' The i 1< g was'amputated just lie-low the knee.'.The' patient.died two hours later from;heart failure, following shock. .'A verdict' was returned accordingly. NAPIER, this day. Mr. Hugh B. Lu.sk, of Napier, has been appointed 'Crown Solicitor for Hawke's Bay, vice the late Mr. H. A. Cornford. CHRISTCHURGTI, this day. In connection •with' the motion carried on tho deputy-Mayor's casting vote rescinding proportional representation for Ofiristchurch city, Councillor Elizabeth -McOombs has written ,-to tho town clerk, pointing out that tho resolution is ineffective, as proportional representation .can only be adopted or revoked by a special order, add the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, makes it clear that the carrying'of a resolution does not constitute 'the making of • a special' order}