WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN BATH

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 1, 3 January 1939, Page 7

WOMAN FOUND DEAD IN BATH

PATIENT IN A HOME [ Per Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 2. Margaret E. Ellis, single, aged 60, a patient in the Little Company of Mary (Lewisham) Hospital, was found dead in a bath at the hospital this morning. She had been washed by a nursing sister and was not a patient who would normally have been allowed into the bathroom. She lived in Bury Street, Sumner, and was -admitted to the hospital on December 29. The inquest was adjourned. , MAN’S BODY FOUND ON BEACH WAS LAST SEEN ON CHRISTMAS DAY. [ Per Press Association.] CHRISTCHURCH, Jan. 2. The body of Ernest Nicholas, a single man, aged 40, a Public Works employee, was found on New Brighton Beach at 5 a.m. on Sunday. He was last seen on Christmas Day. The inquest was adjourned. BULLET WOUND IN HEAD BELIEVED CAUSED BY FALL RACING MOTORIST’S ORDEAL [ Pet Pres As-ocialion.J AUCKLAND, Jan. 3. A severe accident was suffered by Reuben Arthur Dexter, aged 32, married, of 30 Meadowbank Road, Reniuera, who was admitted to the Auckland Hospital on New Year's Day with serious head injuries. It is believed • that Dexter was wounded in the head as the result of a sudden discharge of a .22 rifle he was carrying when he fell down a steep bank at Shelly Park Beach, near Cockle Bay. Other injuries of a minor nature are considered to have been caused by a fall among boulders. Although gravely wounded and weak from loss of blood, Dexter managed to walk nearly 400 yards’ to where he had left a dinghy, in which he had rowed from his parents’ bach across an estuary to go shooting earlier in the afternoon. He collapsed on reaching the dinghy, and, although he had been seen walking along the beach, his plight was not noticed for a considerable time. The injured man was conveyed with some difliculty to his parents’ bach. He was later taken to hospital in an ambulance. His condition was serious. Well known as an enthusiastic motorist, Dexter was recently reelected chairman of the New Zealand Motor-Racing Drivers’ Association for a second term. He has competed successfully for a number of years in motor-car races at Muriwai Beach and Henning's Speedway, Mangere, and was the winner of a road race for motor-cars held at Orakei during Prosperity Week some years ago. Dexter also races a midget car, and took part in events at Western Springs Speedway on Saturday night.