An unusual accident, befell a party of motorists on tho Lyttelton-Sumner Road on Wednesday evening, states tlio ''Press." Tliey bad negotiated the steep climb, and were on tlio downcrade. when an over-heated foot-brake caused trouble, and the car burst into flames. 'Die driver, Mr. Alfred Smith, taxi-cab proprietor, and bis two passengers, Mr. E. O'Dea and another, jumped oil the car jtist in time to avoid tlio danger, and were forced to stand idly by while the ear, a bio: four-seated Talbot, was buriiod to a heap of twisted steel. Mes?rs. Ifareonrt and Co., Wellington, insert iu this issue a long list of busiiK.sses of various kinds which are iu their hands for disposal. Messrs. Abraham and Williams. Ltd.. I'alnierslon North. advertise in this i«ue two blocks of leasehold country. The ureas are 5200 seres and 30C0 acres respectively. Messrs. Griffiths anil Son. Blonhoim, have Mr. C. J. W. Griffiths's Blenheim residence, known as "Barton," to let furnished, for nine or twclvo months.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1937, 20 December 1913, Page 5
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163Untitled Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1937, 20 December 1913, Page 5
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