MOTOR CAR CAPSIZES.
A COMPLETE SOMERSAULT. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) NAPIER, this -lay. Whilst Mr. R. L. Williams, of the i'irm of Henry Williams and Son, was driving from Napier yesterday his car got out of control, wobbled, then appeared to turn right over, and ended on its wheels again- Then it commenced running down a bank backwards towards the sea, but was stopped before getting that far. Mr. Williams was severely shaken ami received a nasty blow on the chest. Two other passengers who were i-i the car escaped without serious injuries, although all suffered a great deal from shock. A cyclist named Bowman was thrown heavily to the ground and severely shaken. The car was badly knocked about. Lieut.-Colonel C. G. Powles C.M.G., D.5.0.. N.Z.S.C., has been appointed Commandant of Trentham Camp, with Major D. B. Blair, D.5.0., M.C, as camp adjutant at Trentham, with Lieut. L. G. Goes, N.Z.S.C, as assistant adjutant.
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 222, 18 September 1919, Page 5
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