LONG TRIP TO GISBORNE
AMBULANCE TAKES 18 HOURS Gisborne's first motor ambulance ior the branch of the St. John Ambulance reached the town from Auckland at 5.30 last evening after a trip lasting ISJ hours. The ambulance left Auckland at 11.15 p.m. on Sunday, driven by Mr. S. E. Langstone, chief transport officer for the Auckland St. John Ambulance district, and carrying a mechanic as passenger. The 351 miles of the Journey was covered at an average of just under 20 miles an hour, which means, as there must have been several stops for petrol and food, that a high speed was reached on the open yoad.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 704, 2 July 1929, Page 16
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107LONG TRIP TO GISBORNE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 704, 2 July 1929, Page 16
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