Captain Paul AVestognai'il. a member of the Royal Automobile Club. London, is touring the South Island, anil will visit the North Island later. A peculiar result followed carelessness by a smoker in disposing ol a smouldering match in High Street. Christchurch, fhe other mor’ili.’g. Soon after a young woman bad passed a group of men. who were standing on the edge of the pavement, lighting cigarettes, she was informed by another pedestrian that tier basket, (veil laden with parcels, was on fire. A nasty examination showed that a match had burnt n hole in a towel and a smart while bathing costume bail been badly scorched. A male companion suspected the origin of Hie match, but when lie retraced his steps to protest about their carelessness the group of smokers had disappeared.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 107, 30 January 1935, Page 10
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132Untitled Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 107, 30 January 1935, Page 10
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