LATE LOCALS.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 October 1921, Page 3

LATE LOCALS.

In connection with tin* Auckland : l.nhnur I)ay demonstration, Mr H. W r . Itussi'll presented iv prize t>[ two guineas to lliv mother of thi' largest; I’limilv. Tlu* trophy was won by a Nowton mother, trim has ii family of 17, rang- j inn in ago from -IS to d. ] A motor-eiar accident ore ur i oil at noon on .Monthly oil thi* road between •lolinsonvi 11 1 * and Tawa flat, "lion n groy oar coining into W ellington ran into a oar in which wore Messrs \V. 1 11. Diniocli, wins of Mr M. 0. V. Dimooh of Titahi Bay. Their oar "as turned complotclv over, and 101 l down II ,'SDft. precipice straight into the stream hclow, wlioro it hooanio submerged. The occupant* wore thrown into the water, and ultimately managed to scramble to the bank. Mr William Dimooli was injured about the head and Mr Harry Dimock received injuries to tllf hack and log. They |iad a narrow escape from death. Ihe grey ear. which is unknown, did not ( stop, hut passed on to Wellington. About an hour alter the incident, ’ Mr ({. Moiile, garage proprietor at TiLalii Bay, went to the scene and recovered the ear, with the aid of block® and tackle. It looked a hopeless wreck. The hood, wind-screen, and mudguards wore destroyed. The car \v;i.s lvinjr in tlu.' boil ot tin* stream, about sixty yards from the spot where it went over the hank, having been washed a considerable distance by the force of the stream The occupants of the cur were remarkably lucky in i- escaping death, as tli o drop from the i road was very steep. At the scone of - the accident the road is only sufficiently wide to allow two ears to clear.