FELL FROM FAST CAR

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21184, 6 August 1940, Page 4

FELL FROM FAST CAR

CHILD SAT UP AND CRIED (By Telegraph.—Special to Times) TAUPO, Monday A remarkable escape from serious injury was experienced by Peter O’Reilly, aged three, when he fell from a fast-moving motor-car. The child was in the back seat with his mother and twin brother, in a car being driven by his father, Mr James O’Reilly, of Taupo. When the car was about a mile north of Wairakei, proceeding to Rotorua, the door suddenly flew open, and the child fell to the road. When picked up he was sitting up crying, but was found to be free of any injuries, even bruises, and was only suffering from fright, from which he quickly recovered. Cambridge Vital Statistics The vital statistics for Cambridge last month, with figures for July, 1939, in parentheses, are as follows: Births 12 (6); deaths, 3 (2); marriages 4 (6). Easter Show in Sydney Senior military officers in Sydney believe that there is every likelihood that the Sydney Showground may not be required for military purposes next Easter and therefore the Royal Sydney Show may not have to be postponed. Military Camp Staffs The desirability of replacing with returned soldiers, officers, non-com-missioned officers and men engaged, in staff duties in various military camps and area headquarters throughout New Zealand who are fit and eligible for service overseas, was mentioned before a meeting of the executive of the Dunedin branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association. It was stated that young and apparently fit men were employed in staff duties at various headquarters and camps throughout the Dominion. They consisted of officers, non-com-missioned officers and other ranks who had enlisted and had been allocated duties which could very well be undertaken by returned soldiers. The suggestion was referred for conI sideration to the war emergency committee-