Second Edition

Horowhenua Chronicle, 13 January 1914, Page 3

Second Edition

I TELEGRAMS f- * ; [I'EE PRESS ASSOCIATION -1 V SENSATIONAL MOTOII INCIDENT. < Christchurch, Jans. 12. A Christchurch party of six, in- / eluding a medico and three lad- , ies, who motored over to the West Coast, had an exciting experience .011 their return journey. - Coining down the Gorge on this side at one of the steepest pinches a belt "gave way and disconnected th<? engine from the control. The car began to whirl down the steep road with a sheer drop • on one side and a bushy bank on the other, almost instantly attaining a speed set down at something like 100 miles per hour. The chaffeur's only control was of the steering wheel, and seeing in a flash the only alternative was a plunge of 50 feet, he turned the cai into the bush. it was badly . smashed up, but the occupants .< . escaped injury. UNIQUE CLAIM A&AINST BOROUGH COUNCIL. • ' Timaru, Jan. 13. (Anderson and Brown, building contractors, claimed frtftn the Borough Council ,'£545 for alleged damage to a quarter-acre section and workshops ithrough "falling over" in making up a road. The case was referred to arbiand the umpire awarded £35„less costs. This is the first time tli'e Council has been mulcted in damage . . through such work. JiM