PRECIOUS PETROL
PREFERRED TO LOSE BLOOD
EXPERIENCE'S OF A MOTORIST
The story is told of how a man who had taken his family for a flrive, ran out of petrol about two miles from home. Having a friend living nearby, he obtained from him sufficient petrol in a bottle to enable him to reach home.
He put the bottle in his hip pocket and hurried back to the car, but disaster overtook him on the way, a cyclist knocking him over. On getting to his feet, lie felt something wet running down one leg. Gingerly feeling it, he exclaimed fervently, "I hope It is only blood.'"
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 82, 24 July 1942, Page 5
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106PRECIOUS PETROL Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 82, 24 July 1942, Page 5
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