BARRISTER'S FATE.
When a car he was driving alon- t l,e I',,' 101l 01 "u- i" tf '■""Wcl with •! shortly hef IJe ' ~,rt -team .shovel ,1 J ' wven J"'I'"*1 '"* <»'< Saturrw.sr. -ssix?. l iter IhT 7" t " 1 "" hm,r " l>«'f ""' r ' "'o victim wan: Mr. John Campbell Peacock. Hie other occupants of the car. .Mrs I "acock, .Miss Ma,-pot Peacock and .Mrs. •• Y • Urodie. wore not injured I lie team shovel wan heinp towed " "i'K thi' road by a motor truck, with truck following in,medial "l> behind to give more light. I r j" lM * efl first motor truck am collided with the steam shovel. The <>"t board round the vehicle, about .'.ft 1 the ground, broke through the »'"<<ercen and struck Mr. Peacock on t!i" head. I ho late .Mr. .T. C. Peacock was New ' , a ,"l tennis champion in 1901 mill 11)10 and six times was in tho winning doubles with H. A. Parker (19011 times, with F. .M. Fisher (1901v d r. ttn i" gain as late as 1025 with *>. K. C. Wilson.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 214, 11 September 1939, Page 3
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175BARRISTER'S FATE. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 214, 11 September 1939, Page 3
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