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Chronicle (Levin), 20 August 1946, Page 2

: Tke violent storm of Saturday al'ter- . nooii carried away olectric power poles witk tke rcsull tlnil Wkangaroi and tko adjacent dislrict wero without power for 2-1 hours. No street Lights and no electricity for ligkting or keal ing in liouies was available, recourse being made to caiulles and opou (ires. Tke Nortkeni Advocate was 011 tke printing mackine wken tlio power was cut ol'f, aud tko distribution of tlio | paper was not possiblo 1 111 Sunditv 1 afternoon. Special cars carried tko | paper as far as Kaitaia. Three iiien wero injurod wkon tkey wero struck by a motor caj' wkicti mountcd ihe inward tramway zone 111 Customs Street East, Auckland, skorttx bol'oro 8 o'clock yostorday. Tkey wero Eric Robson, aged 40, who suffered concussion aml laeora tions to koad; Jolin Jlugkes, (»S, marriod, wko sull'oTod aorasions to right sliouldorf lleriry Btickloy, agod 70, wko sulfeyed skock and sligtn koad injurios. Tke car, wliick was a four-soater sodan, was travelliitg ulong Customs Street toward tlio iiiterscctiou of queen Street, wken it swerved to the riglit and crossed qver tko safety zono 011 to the opposite carriagewav. Tlio injurod men were among a number or fieople waiting on tke zone for trarucars. Tkere was no tramcar iit the zone at tke time'of tke accideiit. t'ne tkroe men were taken to Auckland II Ospital and at'ter treatrnent tkey wero able to g'o horne. Tke driver of tko car was arrested by tke police.