DOMINION NEWS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 78, 9 April 1913, Page 2

DOMINION NEWS.

FARMER FATALLY INJURED

[Per Press Association.! Auckland, April 8

A collision occurred on Normanby road level crossing to-day, which resulted in a farmer named Andrew Gjugum sustaining serious injuries, from which be died. Gjugum, who was an Austrian and married, bad been into Auckland, and had obtained a load of merchandise which he intended to cart to Henderson on a lorry drawn by three horses. It was nearly 5 o’clock when he reached the railway, and he did not notice that the Auckland-Helensville train was approaching. The horses Cleared 'the line, but the locomotive struck the lorry with, great force and smashed it to pieces. Gjugum was thrown clear. His pelvis was found to be crushed, and he sank rapidly from the effects of internal hemorrhage and his injuries generally. , The lorry-load of goods was scattered for yards. A plough was carried by the engine for fully a hundred yards before it fell to ohe side. The locomotive suffered no material damage. The horses had a remarable escape, and were not even scratched.

DISTURBANCE IN OTAKI

Otaki, April 8

On Sunday night a young man named Gunson entered the house of Mr Anthony Lima, during the latter’s absence, and threatened to injure three occupants. Mrs Home, who is in illhealth, raised the alarm, and Messrs Lima and Home, on hearing j her screams, rushed to the house, only to find the man in hiding in the children’s bedroom. A general melee followed, and eventually the man was overpowered and. pmiqned. In this position he was held, and Mr Home was dispatched for Constable Satherley. Prior to the arrival of the latter, the man struggled with Mr Lima, threatening him in the meantime, and as the latter is well up in years he found it difficult to cope with hip opponent. w’ho is a young man of good physique, lie called to his daughter to bring the roiling-pin, and it was only with difficulty she left her sick bed and secured an implement which she handed her father. A tap on the head gave the man his quietus for a time. Then he played “po ssum /’ but Mr Lima was on the alert, and gave him another “reminder,” which quietened him fill , the arrival of the constable. , j

At the Police Court this morning the man was charged with drunkenness ,iiid disorderly conduct. He pleaded guilty to both, counts,, making drink the excuse, and promising in future to lead a better life. On the first charge ‘a flhe of £lO, in default three ihonths* l imprisonment, wasj. indicted,, and on the second; a conviction only was reebrdedU the Bench pointing out that although the offence was -of a most serious nature they had decided to tae a lenient view of it.

Glyn Ivor Kazel Young, the man arrested yesterday on two charges of ■breaking. and entering shops at Levin and Masterton, and stealing a quantity of goods; was to-day brought be-; tore the Court and remanded until 1 the 16th-; instant. HEAVY SEAS ON THE EAST COAST. Gisborne, April 9. Heavy seas are raging along, the coast. At Waipiro, Mrs MillA-a-'d family had to desert their home, as seas were washing right through it. TYPHOID AMONG EAST COAST MAORIS. Gisborne, April -’9. Typhoid fever is prevalent amongst the Maoris in the Waipu county. Hospital camps have been established, and nearly every case can be traced to Manutuke Hai.