HATFIELD ACCIDENT.

Waikato Times, Volume 116, Issue 19457, 22 December 1934, Page 6

HATFIELD ACCIDENT.

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TWO MEN INJURED. While working on a haystack at Cambridgs, Messrs Michael Byrno (34) and Sydney. Nelson (31), employed by Hir J. Nicholl, of Cambridge, slipped and fell to the ground, , Byrne receiving a fracture of the right leg and bruises and Nelson spraining his ankle. Both were admitted to the Waikato Hospital. WORLD CONDITIONS. OPTIMISTIC NOTE SOUNDED. LONDON, Dec. 21. In the House of Commons, Mr Neville Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said he saw no reason why they should not anticipate a further rise in the wholesale prices of primary commodities, which would probably do most to overcome tho inharmonious elements in the world’s currency system, and ha looked forward with confidence to the time when they could onco again embark on an international currency standard. Meanwhile, he saw no reason for pessimism. The . homo trade had not yet reached saturation point, and foreign trade, If not back to old levels, was still showing an upward trend. BRITISH GOLFERS. GAMES AT MANAWATU. WIN FOR THE VISITORS. PALMERSTON NORTH, Saturday. The British amateur golfers played four-ball matches on tho Kokowhitu links to-day. Hon. Michaol Scott and J. McLean boat T. H. Horton and L. Seifert, 5 and 4; L. Barnett and T. Bourne beat K. Glendinning and A. E. Guy, 3 and 2. The visitors played delightfully attractive golf. DUKE AT ROTORUA. DRIZZLING RAIN SETS IN. AUSTRALIAN TOURISTS ARRIVE. ROTORUA, Saturday. Intermittent drizzling rain had set in when tho Duke of Gloucester left the Grand Hotel this afternoon for a motor tour of tho thermal regions. Added interest was given to the Royal visit and tho carnival celebrations by the arrival here of about 200 tourists off the liner Strathnavor. They were accorded a typical Maori welcome at the model Pa at Whakarcwarewa this afternoon. CRICKET. AUCKLAND v, WELLINGTON. WELLINGTON, Saturday. The scoring in the last half-hour before lunch was fairly brisk, with Vivian (Auckland) batting forcefully. At lunch the score was IG2 for four wickets (Vivian 87).