KILLED BY A TRAM CAR.

Colonist, Volume L, Issue 12186, 9 March 1908, Page 2

KILLED BY A TRAM CAR.

Auckland, March 7. Mr Henry Cooke, an old Auckland resident, a member of the firm of T. and H. Cooke, cabinetmakers and upholsterers, was knocked down by a tram in Symondsstreet last evening, and was killed instantaneously. He was walking home, and when crossing Syinoncls-street, his back was partly turned towards a car which was ceming down lull. When the car pulled up, the body of] the deecased was found hanging to the wheel box b.y the coat collar.

JJJWhea the Government steamer liinamoa visited George Sound a few days ago search was made for traces of the Canadian moose, or elk, that were liberated there some three years ago. The party did not proceed far whan thfey discovered tracks adjudged to he those of elk imprinted in the soft, peaty soil at the|head of the sound. The hoofmarks, which could not have been morp than a few hours' old, were numerous enough for the conclusion to lie drawn that the little herd was keeping well together, and chat they were not wandering far from the spot where they were liberated. Inquiry was made if there were any wild cattle roving the district, which might have made the tracks, but Mr Sutherland had never heard of wild cattle being about, and was of opinion that the tracks seen were tbose of tbee'K. This is the first indication that the strangers are j alive and doing well since their liberation.