DEATH OF MOTOR-CYCLIST

Taranaki Daily News, 14 February 1933, Page 8

DEATH OF MOTOR-CYCLIST

SEQUEL TO A COLLISION. ACCIDENT AT STRATFORD. ■ Leo George Bocock, who was admitted to the Stratford Hospital late on Sunday evening ■ following a collision between the motor-cycle he was riding and a car driven by Mr. E. C. A. Gaw, Stratford, an account of which appeared in yesterday’s Daily News, succumbed to his injuries at 5.15 yesterday morning. The head injuries received in the collision proved, on subsequent examination, to be of an extremely critical nature, and little hope was entertained after midnight. Mr. Gaw was returning to Stratford from the direction of Midhirst and intended to turn westward up Pembroke Road towards his home on Brecon Road. He signalled his intentions to a car immediately behind. The car did not attempt to pass, and it was while Mr. Gaw was turning that the collision occurred. The motor-cyclist was ■ riding along Broadway in a northerly direction. The rider was thrown from his machine and subsequently conveyed to the Stratford Hospital by the second car. An inquest for the purpose of identification was opened before the district coroner, Mr. W. L. Kennedy, yesterday afternoon, when Mr. Bocock’s father, George Lewis Bocock, farmer, of Junction Road, Waipapa, gave evidence. CARDIFF DISTRICT NEWS. TENNIS AND CRICKET GAMES. The Cardiff Tennis Club on Saturday had a very enjoyable afternoon’s tennis in its match against Ngaere. The match could not be finished on account of rain. Following are the scores (with Cardiff names mentioned first):— Men’s singles: Redshaw 6 v. Addenbrooke 0,. Limmer 6 v. Bain 4, Hawkes 5 v. Bocock 6, Millar 6 v. Harre 3, Huckstep 6 v. Pederson 5, Bennett 6 v. Edwards 3. i Ladies’ singles: Miss Shannon 6 v. Mrs Addenbrooke 3, Miss Wickham 6 v. Miss Sparks 1,. Mrs. Smith 5 v. Mrs. Pederson 6, Miss Hoskin 6 v. Mrs. Harre 4, Miss Hom 6 v. Miss Pederson 3, Miss Rayner 6 v. Miss Koefoed 5. Men’s doubles: Redshaw and Limmer 5 v. Addenbrooke and Bain 6. Ladies’ doubles: Miss Shannon and Miss Wickham .6 y. Mrs. Addenbrooke and Miss Sparks 2. Mixed doubles: Bennett and Miss Rayner 6 v. Edwards and Miss Koefoed 5. Although the weather was anything but favourable the Cardiff cricket team : i travelled to Pukengahu in the week-end. Showers interfered with the play, ' but despite this the teams managed to ! play an innings each, with the score 36 each. No player reached double figures. ' PERSONAL ITEMS. The Rev. T. Skuse is at Auckland attending the Methodist conference. ■ I GENERAL ITEMS. ' Car Mounts Footpath. < After his car had jumped the water- ; table, carried away a verandah post and ! reached that part of Broadway reserved for pedestrians, the driver calmly pro- ■ ceeded along the footpath until he came . to the next crossing, where he swung his ' machine back to the road and duly parked it in a proper manner. The front mud- ; guard of the car was crumpled by the ; verandah post. ; Unemployed Workers. During February one gang of Strat- i ford relief workers was employed on < Ariel Street North formation work. Some : men worked in the parks and three others were engaged cutting noxious weeds within the borough. Proposed New Footpath. An estimate of £7O was submitted by the engineer to the Stratford Borough Council works committee last night as : being the probable cost of grading watertabling and gravelling to prepare a foot- 1 path along the south side of Opunake Road extending from Hamlet Street to Brecon Road, a distance of 22 chains. : The filling and piping of the creek near ■ the Hamlet Street comer was not in-

eluded in the estimate as it was embodied in the estimate for the highway work arid would .be attended to this month. , Community Lighting. With regard to community lighting at Stratford, the electrical sub-committee recommended to the borough council works commitee last might that the question be held over for consideration until the committee had had an opportunity of discussing it with representatives; of the business people. ■Judgments for Debt. Plaintiffs were given by de-, fault in the following undefended civil cases at the Stratford Court yesterday by Mr. W. H. Woodward, S.M.: Taranaki Chain Stores v. W. Jensen, £l5 ss. sd. (costs £3 65.); same v. G. E. Hooke, 17s. sd. (8s.); Young and Moss v. M. Sissons, £8 13s. 3d. (£1 19s. 6d.); E. W. Gibbs v. M. Sissons, £l3 (£3 35.); J. T .Scott v. D. Evans, £1 15s. 4d. (Bs.). Town Hall Repairs. To fix new piles where required, make a wall in front of the building and alter storm water pipes at the Town Hall will cost £l3 10s, according to a report submitted by the engineer to last night’s meeting of the works committee of the Stratford Borough- Council. Trespassers on Premises. Last night’s meeting of the works committee of the Stratford Borough Council received a complaint from a business man in Broadway to the effect that on' a number of evenings he had found persons loitering in and making use of' the yard at the rear of his premises. This occurred especially when entertainments were held in the municipal buildings, ■ entrance to the yard being gained through the back doors of the municipal building being left unlocked. Apart from the annoyance of these persons being in the yard, the writer pointed out that an opportunity to effect an entrance to the shop was thus given. He asked that in future the doors at the back of the municipal building be locked each night. The request was granted. Hamlet Street South.

The estimated cost of tar-sealing 17 chains of Hamlet Street South, Stratford, according to a report submitted to the borough works committee last night, is £69 15s. Reporting on the proposal the engineer mentioned that an inspection revealed that part of the street was in good order and could be tar-sealed with the addition of very litle more metal as far as Romeo Street.

Default of Ratepayers. Criticism of the attitude adopted by some ratepayers of refraining from paying rates when their positions were not as bad as those of some who had paid was voiced last night by members .of the Stratford Borough Council.. Discussion arose when a ratepayer, the owner of a number of sections, advised that he was short of cash and unable to pay. “He should sell some of his property and pay the rates,” Cr. A. H. Trotter stated. Outstanding Rates. “Why have we not received anything from this man?” Cr. A. H. Trotter teijuired at the Stratford Borough Council meeting last night when the matter of outstanding rates was being considered. The town clerk (Mr. P. Skoglund) stated that the debtor had been sued and explained that in some cases it did not pay to sell up a debtor because the mortgage on the property was greater than the value of the land. The whole question of outstanding rates was referred to the finance committee for .report