THE PREMIER IN THE NORTH.
< '.-. A WARM CORNER. , . (BT TISr,EGK.U'H—ritESS ASSOCIATION ) ■. - • Auckland, February 20. . Tho Premier and party-had an exciting trip while motoring-from Rotorua to Mata;mata. : In the'middle of the bush road behind "Mamaku a largo treo, which had been burned in'tho b"sh fires, lay right across tho' track'. The ' motor was. pulled up within ■ a joupln of- feet of.: tho obstaclo. . ' \ Later, i near Putaruru, tho motor, while going round a- curve, camo right upon n blazing'-mass ..of scrub; - Tho flames were jweepnig right across tho road. A-hasty rc-ircat-brought tho party to r. place of safety, , md the car backed out of a very dangerous . wsition"., ■■ ....... .. Tho journey was resumed after the flames had biiriled across -the road*
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 127, 21 February 1908, Page 7
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119THE PREMIER IN THE NORTH. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 127, 21 February 1908, Page 7
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