AN EXCITING TRIP.
PRIME MINISTER DELAYED BY BUSH FIRES.
AUCKLAND. February 20, The Prime Minister »nd~ party had ' # lively time while motoring from Rotorua td Matamata. In the middl* of the busty on the road behind Manainu a large treft lay right across the track The moto* was pulled up within » comfle of feet pf the obstacle. Later, near J?ut*ruru, lb& ■motor when going Toond a, curve camA right upon a -blazing nw of scrub, th« flames sweeping right across the roac& A hasty retreat brought the party to • place of safety, the oar backing out of k very dangeroua position. The journei was resumed after the fame* had hax»-« apjxjgg thg road."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2815, 26 February 1908, Page 66
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113AN EXCITING TRIP. Otago Witness, Issue 2815, 26 February 1908, Page 66
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