IN TOWN AND OUT

Southland Times, Issue 22729, 4 November 1935, Page 6

IN TOWN AND OUT

NEWS OF THE DAY Excursion from Dunedin. Two excursion trains travelled from Dunedin to Invercargill yesterday. The v carried 500 passengers, who spent the day in the city. * Old Man’s Body Found. As the result of advice from Mr A. S. George, of Makarewa, by the police at Invercargill yesterday, the body of Arthur James Kilcoyne, aged 72, _ an inmate of the Lome Farm Institution, was discovered by Constable Dowling, of the Central Station, and Constable Mcßae, of Waikiwi, lying in a waterhole on the righthand side of the road to Winton before it reaches the Makarewa freezing-works. The body was fully-clothed and was lying in three feet of water. It was apparent that Kilcoyne had been dead a few days. He was reported missing from the institution on October 24. The body will be formally identified this morning and an inquest will be opened before Mr W. H. Freeman, Coroner, to-morrow. * * * * An Outstanding Athlete.

An outstanding performance was put up by N. H. Welsh, of St. Kevin’s College, Oamaru, at the annual athletic championships of Otago and Southland secondary schools at Rugby Park on Saturday. Welsh entered for four events in the junior championship, won them all, broke the record for the quarter mile championship and carried off the junior title by a margin of 15 points. To cap all, he also won the junior championship team’s shield for St. Kevin’s although he was his school’s sole representative in that division. His performance was eulogized by his Worship the Mayor (Mr John Miller), who presented the trophies at the conclusion of the meeting.

Level Crossing Accident. A goods train travelling to Gore from Mataura at about noon on Saturday crashed into a touring car at the Bury street crossing, causing considerable damage to the car without any injury to the driver. Mr J. B. Kerr, caretaker of the Gore racecourse, was watching the line carefully in anticipation of the southbound express passing and did not see the goods train approaching from the south until he was near the line. He applied the brakes smartly, but loose gravel on the road caused the car to continue forward and it came to rest over the line. The engine struck the front portion of the car and swung it round practically wrecking the front portion. The windshield and main section of the body was undamaged and the driver unharmed except for shock.