Captain Edwin telegraphed .Yesterday: ‘‘Southerly, moderate to strong winds; glass rise; tides good; sea moderate.” “Wail-on is having its motor car worries The local journal states:— “At the last meeting of the Town Hoard a smile wont round when it was suggested the speed of the motor ears should ho regulated within the town limits. Judging, however, Lottie eccentricities of one of the vehicles this morning some action is certain! y necessary. A machiue came round tho corner of Paul street into Marine Parade at' a rate of about 80 miles an hour. Tho track of these wheels was within a lew inches of the watertahU-a. A gentleman ou a hike ■ tad hi:, heels "rased and just escaped, and a child ran screaming out of the a* a. ; just in time. This recklessness shook! ho put 'down with a heavy hand, in face of tho terrible fatalities recently in Wellington and Christchurch,”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 1989, 26 January 1907, Page 2
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