INJURED MAN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 307, 29 December 1936, Page 8

INJURED MAN

IDENTITY ESTABLISHED [ Per Press Association. 1 ASHBURTON, Dec. 28. The man injured on Saturday when he was knocked down by a motorcycle, has been identified as Richard Stewart, married, Christchurch. His condition is unchanged. KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR AGED WOMAN INJURED [ Per Press Association. | OAMARU, Dec. 28. Mrs. Horner, aged 80, of Hampden, who was knocked down by a car on the main road at about 11 o'clock last evening, sustained a broken leg and was admitted 1o Oamaru Hospital. Her condition is serious. CAR OVER BANK BOY RECEIVES INJURIES [ Per Press Association. 1 WELLINGTON, Dec. 28. A car driven by Kenneth George Apia Callingham went over a bank in the Taita Gorge yesterday morniilg. Brian Douglas Callingham, aged 13, was severely cut on the arms and legs. FALL FROM CAR WOMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED [Per Press Association! AUCKLAND, Dec. 28. Dorothy Roberts, aged 19, of Te Hoe, Morrinsville, is in the Auckland hospital in a serious condition as the result of a fall from a car on Saturday afternoon when the door of the car opened while the vehicle was travelling near Drury. She suffered serious head injuries and was attended by a doctor at Papakura, who ordered her to hospital. MOUNTAIN TRAGEDY COMMENT BY CORONER [ Per Press Association. 1 ASHBURTON, Dec. 28. In returning a verdict that Samuel Delebere Barker, 21, was accidentally drowned crossing the River Clyde in the Rangitata Gorge on Christmas Day, the coroner, Mr. Bathurst, said that in his opinion ropes should be used in a proper manner in crossing mountain streams and mountaineering clubs should adopt regulations compelling members to take such safety measures, and if possible a safety device be fitted to enable the pack to be discarded quickly. The evidence showed that the three men in the party, deceased, Georgu Alexander Kelly and John Pattie. linked by ice axes, were swept off their feet, Barker again losing his foothold after standing knee deep ano trying to join his companion. His pack, held only by shoulder straps, weighed forty pounds;. MISSING MAN BEACHES SEARCHED AT BLUFF | Per Press Association. | INVERCARGILL, Dec. 28.

An intensive search of the coast from Ocean Beach to Green Hills has been carried out by the Bluff police and local residents in an endeavour to find William Middlemiss of Pyramid, Gore, aged 55 years, who has been missing for several days. About four o’clock on Monday afternoon, December 21, he visited the Ocean Beach freezing works and was seen later walking through the works paddock towards the beach. A bottle contining a note was found and a note supposedly written by the missing man stated that he was going to sea on a raft. Up to the present no trace of Middlemiss has been found.