A STUBBORN CAR.
MAORI ATTRAGTS ATTENTION. The spectacle of a Maori of gener—ous proportlnns furiously cranking a car \\'hirh refused to hung!" while a friend stood by mnl \'nrifnrmlsly urged him to m‘ontr‘r Ctl'nrts, caused a inn-re crowd of snortntors to assemble at the corner at" Victoria and Collinswood Streets. early yesterday after—noon. The engine of the car had stalled when the driver was attumptlng to negotiate the corner at a slow speed, and nothing: \\'Ullld induce it to go again. In Vain thr driver \\'oumt the crank handle. while his t‘rh‘nd loudly encouraged hint. at the maxim time drawing the nttt‘ntinn of passurshy. Ulthnktvl)~ the driver esrupett the eyes 01‘ the crowd by pushing his rar some distanrp tluwn Ilullinmvoml Street. where ho ntttu-kml the crank handle with rt‘newed ons‘rxy. \Vhetlwr or not he ultimate-1y sllL'L‘t‘l‘tiC‘tl in alerting the Pnpzino is not known. but he was still ituluslrlonsl)‘ cranking when the last or the spectators Lle—parted.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19878, 6 May 1936, Page 2
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157A STUBBORN CAR. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19878, 6 May 1936, Page 2
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