A TROLLEYMAN'S DEATH

Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20115, 1 July 1914, Page 5

A TROLLEYMAN'S DEATH

(Per Press-Association.') GREYMOUTH, June 30. This '.afternoon a young man named Peter Ewjrt, about thirty years of age, a tvolleynan employed at.Stratford and Blair's n.i'ls at Paeroa, was accidentally ki]li d. Along with a. man named Hopgood deceased was in charge of a- rake of trucks in a. steep grade. The coupling p;"ive way. Hopgoo'l called to the deceased to let go, but he hung on and CMi,n aw.iv with the runaway truck, nhir-h shot over a bank. When picked up. Ewart war-; quite dead. He had been employed with the firm for four years, and was a most, capable trclleyman.

(PcrPre^^^^^^^^^^H ASHBTJIH^^HPBP" At a meeting of the AiH^^Poii Restoration League this afiernoo?^ Mr. T. E. Upton, J.R, presided, and convener? state that the attendance of 25 'to 30 was representative of the commercial and farming interests of the Ashburton County. Similar resolutions to those telegraphed from Dunedin were carrieCyi with the following additions: That the experience of Ashburton has proved the ineffectiveness of no license and the voting as between 1902 —when no license was carried by three-fifths majority— and 1911 —when votes in favour of restoration were in a majority by 46)3— shows that after nine years' trial1 na license methods have not met with public favour, and that after its experience of no license, Ashburton has shown that it would rather go back to licensing; that seeing the experience of Ashburton has been that of all other no license districts in the South Island (none ofthem having shown a three-fifths majority favourable to no license in 1911) this council is of opinion that the Government should be asked to make provision in the new Licensing Amendment Bill for the restoration of half of the \ former licenses wherever .votes favourable to no-license fall below the requisite three-fifths majority necessary to carry no licensa