THIRD EDITION.
Hi A school boy, Ivan Callahan, was Pi knocked clown by a motor-car at * Makaraka to : dav, and sustained a fracture of one leg. , v . The following will represent City .. . against High School on Saturday on No. *¥*% wicket at 2 p.m.: Carter. Raker. Lynch, Scholium, James, Jensen, -Matthews, Wilson, Harvey (2), Dow. Mr. C. E. Humphreys, rider of Texas in the open jumping competition at the Showgrounds this afternoon, was unfortunate to he thrown at the second wire. Ho sustained a broken collar-
hone. Mr.. Humphreys was attended by Dr. Gunn. The Gisborne branch of the St. John Ambulance Association was again represented at the show grounds this year, in readiness to render first-aid in any accident cases. A dressing station also was erected on the grounds, to treat the wounds of any who might receive injuries.
Travelling at a. fast pace, a motorcar which was being brought to Gisborne for exhibition at the Show, left the road! at To Arai on Monday iiiiginand struck a telegraph post with sufficient force to tilt the latter at a considerable anglo from the perpendicular. The car was considerably damaged, but this driver, who could not account for the accident, escaped unhurt. The car had travelled from Wellington in an almost continuous run, stoppages made only for the driver to have his meals. ’Tim 'difficult hill roads had been negotiated without the slightest mishap. • Several persons who made an inspection of the dogs at the Show to-day learned that warning notices are not ek<cted merely as a formality. At the entrance to the dog section there was a notice warning the public not to handle the dogs, ending with tho statement ‘•‘They bitc.V The allegation was inretmirate insofar as 99 dogs out of 100 conccrnod, .but there was one exception, a first prize-winner among the spaniels. Two or three persons wero bitten by this dog. two men, in particular, receiving bad wounds on the , hand. Fortunately, first-aid treatment. Was available.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LI, Issue 16871, 28 October 1925, Page 13
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