Native Killed In Wau
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Motor Accident
From Our Own Correspondent WAU, April 21.
MOTOR accident of a serious nature occurred on April 8 when a motor truck owned by Mr. Wally Corden and driven by a native, was conveying Major James and a party of natives to Wau with a cargo of gold from Edie Creek.
About 100 yards from Wau power house, the steering wheel of the truck failed to act, owing to a loose shackle.
After a preliminary wobble the truck careered down the steep slope at the edge of the road, turning a somersault in its descent before coming to rest on a heap of loose earth 150 feet from the road level.
Mr. James was taken to the European hospital suffering from shock and minor injuries. Three natives received treat ment in the native hospital, and one of them died later that night.
The gold was recovered from the undergrowth where it had fallen, by executives of New Guinea Goldfields Ltd., who were following in a car.
Mr. and Mrs. C. G. R. McKay returned to Apia from furlough in New Zealand by the April Maui Pomare. Mr. McKay is Secretary for Native Affairs in . the Samoan Administration.
Mr. M. H. Miller, who for the past six years has been engaged in survey work in Fiji, returned to Auckland by the Aorangi on April 13.