An interesting featur© of the Hawera Show was a motor gymkhana in which a race for old-time cars one of the principal events (says an exchange). The ancient chariots that turned out for the race were reminiscent of motordom’s; earliest era. They rattled and smoked steamed and fumed, and one of them finally fell to pieces in a valiant effort to outstrip the field.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5067, 20 December 1926, Page 2
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64Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5067, 20 December 1926, Page 2
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