DISTRICT DIGESTS

Waipukurau Press, Volume XXII, Issue 22, 21 February 1927, Page 8

DISTRICT DIGESTS

A feature of that part of wealthy Hawke’s Bay, South and East of Waipukurau, now fortunately having an excellent motor road, is the absence of scrub. All the downs are..beautifully pastured, and their clean appearance early arrests the eye of even the fleeting motorist. —Vive “ Huntervillc Express.”

Few motorists~'arc aware that it is a breach of the law to leave a motor, car engine running when the machine is at a benzinc-filling station. To this a Wanganui motorist, the other day, joined the additional folly of leaving children in the car. One of the youngsters started to play with the gear lever, with the result that the- car moved off suddenly in top gear. Its charge ended suddenly against a benzine pump, which it almost wrecked. The proprietary which owns the pump is now pursuing the motorist for the cost. An unrehearsed ’incident occurred .at Wednesday’s sports ' meeting at Otanc.' During the progress of the maiden race the limit man, when nearing the tape, suddenly realised that ho had not kept a good line, in the absence of tapes to run.. This led the remainder of the field to follow his track, and when with only a few yards to go, he recognised his error. He then made desperate efforts to straighten; up matters, with the result that a cob lision with other runners was narrowly averted. The limit- man, however, got the verdict. • - ■