DOMINION NEWS

Waikato Independent, Volume XXX, Issue 2431, 23 December 1930, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS

HEAD-ON COLLISION. TRAFFIC INSPECTOR INVOLVED By Telegraph—Press Association. DARGAVILLE, This Day. At five o'clock last evening, John Paton, County Traffic Inspector, was .riding his motor-cycle in the directionof his home at Tc Kopuru when. Became into head-on collision, just over tlie Kaihu bridge on the main road, with a motor van driven by a youtfo named Silich. It was raining hard at the time and evidently Paton did not see the van, which ran right over him, inflicting terrible injuries to his head and legs, both of which were broken. He also received’ arms and chest injuries. He was immediately rushed to the hospital where an operation was performed and to-day, although his condition is very serious, the report givesliopc. The motor-cycle was badly smashed up, but the van was little damaged. TWO BOYS DIE. ONE FALLS INTO HOT WATER. ANOTHER INTO HOT MILKBy Telegraph—Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. By a tragic coincidence two IffctlO boys, .each aged two, died in hospital yesterday from scalds accidently received. One of the victims was Spencer Forrester, son of Mr M. Forrester, ( of Fishcrton. On Saturday the child's mother was washing clothes, and the little boy fell backwards into a disk of boiling water, which she had ready for - a* use. The other boy was Tyrell Odgers, sc-rr of Mr 0. T. Odgers, of Bromley., Bis mother was heating milk ready for separating, and had placed a pan full of the hot, liquid near the door when her son, who was playing in the yard, fell backwards into the j>an. w ‘ w SETTLERS* FIGHT. . uar 1 AT SCHOOL GATHERINGWOMEN SCREAM AND FAINT. By Telegraph—Press Association. OTOROHANjGA, YesterdayFollowing a social gathering on tin* occasion of the opening of the new Honikiwi School, and in the school children and parents,‘a disgraceful free fight took place among Settlers of the district. 1 It appears that a settler asked the chairman whether the new school could be used for dances, and, not receiving", what he considered to be a satisfactory reply, he asked further questions. Thisled to a member of the school committee to interject, “Shut up!” j and brought the retort from the first speaker that he would knock his “s£*&** off. Both men then rose to make \ for I each other, and the chairman, trica jto part them, and so doing the setmer was struck on the jaw. ( The chairman was also struck in the resulting melee) and then other members of the school committee joined in, while women shrieked and some of them fainted. , It was apparent' that deep-seated animosity came to the surface. - There were no intoxicants at the gath ering. A Honikiwi is ten miles . from hanga. '■), ■ The district member, Mr W. /.■ Broadfoot and Mrs Broadfoot werP there earlier in the day, Mr Broadfoot officially opening the building. aeroplane crash. ■ FATALITY AT MANGERE. M YOUNG PILOT KILLED.. 1 By Telegraph—Press Association * AUCKLAND, This Day.W Last evening, when a young pilot, Mfl Cyril Olsen, aged 23 years, was Hying in a Moth plane at M angere, ihtf machine crashed from a height of 2500 feet, and burst into flames. The body was recovered later front the burning- wreckage. The opinion has been expressed by spveral experienced airmen that Olsen fainted in mid-air. Mr Olsen was about to qualify for his A lieens’ey entitling- him to fly alone.

NEW PLYMOUTH MURDER CASE

DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED.

GOVERNOR-GENERAL’S DECISION.

(By Telegraph—Press Associatioa). WELLINGTON, This Day. The Lord Bledist loe, presided at a meeting of the Executive Council to-day and, acting on. the 1 advice of his Ministers, commuted ,toimprisonment for life the sentence of death passed on Alexander TowuccnfF. for the murder of his wife, Cora Alices Townsend, at Fitzroy, New Plymouth^