ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

Southland Times, Issue 23346, 2 November 1937, Page 8

ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES

MAN FALLS FROM LADDER Charles Mason, aged 52, a carpenter, of 75 Tweed street, was admitted to the Southland Hospital at 10 o’clock last evening suffering from a fracture of the right fibula. The injury was received when Mason, who is employed by Blue and Lindsay, fell off the ladder on which he was working. The accident occurred at Bluff. DEATH FROM BULLET WOUND (United Press Association) OAMARU, November 1. Frank Peter Marshall, aged 32 years, a single man, who was found in a but at Maheno with a rifle wound in the chest on Saturday and a rifle lying nearby, died this morning. if they were striking, had an intrinsic interest. Dried heads, of which they had specimens in Christchurch and Auckland, needed no labels. They were striking in their barbarity and the artistry of the tattooing. Another example was the whale skeleton in the lean-to of the Canterbury museum, the vast size of which was of intrinsic interest. TOPICAL EXHIBITS Temporary exhibits of topical interest for the moment were also dealt with by the speaker, who mentioned as an example a display by means of models in American museums of the effects of erosion at the time of the disastrous floods in the Mississippi, which had been due largely to deforestation at the head waters. Two seasons ago in Auckland the botanist attached to the museum had isolated samples of organisms causing pollutions to the Auckland water supply, and by means of charts and diagrams she showed how those organisms became so abundant. Another aspect of display was the placing of objects in relation. Stone adzes, for instance could be of considerable interest if a piece of rough rock showing evidence of having been broken off was placed at one end of a series, followed next by a stone showing signs of bruising, then the beginning of the grinding, the bevelling, and including a piece of the standstone with which the work was done. Then the hafting, showing how the woven flax was used should be displayed. The value of talks in the museum, relating to the exhibits and linking them up with outdoor life was also pointed out by Mr Falla, and a general discussion followed in which the view was expressed by Dr G. H. Uttley that it would be an excellent thing if there was a branch of the New Zealand Royal Society in Invercargill The Dunedin branch, he thought, had a particular interest in the museum. The Mayor (Mr John Miller) said he had hopes yet that Invercargill and Southland would produce £20,000 to go on with the building of the museum. The Carnegie Corporation had suggested that a branch of the Royal Society should be formed in Invercargill, but there had been little public interest to sustain it. Invercargill was becoming more than a country town and it was necessary to provide such an educational facility as a museum would represent. Mr Falla was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for his address.