THREE PERSONS HURT
CAR FALLS IN DRAIN
EFFORT TO AVOID CATTLE
rrmu oh.- too, OeTcrpondfnc THAMES, Monday. The menace to motorists by stray ills cattle on the Hauvaki Plains road,' was shown on Saturday night when a Thames-Auckland service car wem into the roadside drain near Waftafa. runt. The driver just saw the cattle hi time and ; :t!led up, but after passing one mob he came upon another, an! was not so fortunate, the car going into the drain. It was just dusk an! this added to the trouble. The three injured passengers were brought to Thames in a b is, and Miss Hodge had three stitches inserted it a cut in her scalp. Miss Dolly Miller also received a head injury, while , deaf-mute Maori from Kauaerenga suffered two broken ribs. When the car overturned several passengers were flung on top of a woman with a young baby, who es. caped without a scratch.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 982, 27 May 1930, Page 10
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154THREE PERSONS HURT Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 982, 27 May 1930, Page 10
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