25 YEARS AGO
High Speed Driving
(From “The Dominion,” July 25, 1911.)
M. Maurice Fournier, a well-known motorist, was killed while leading in the race for the Grand Prix in the Sarthe automobile circuit. M. Fournier was travelling at a speed of sixty miles an hour when the front axle of his car broke, and the car overturned. The unfortunate man was killed instantly, and the chauffeur was also seriously injured.
Within the next four weeks another new steamer will make her appearance at Wellington. She is named the Awaroa, and at present is owned and employed by the Kaipara Steamship Company. Recently Mr. A. Basire, superintendent engineer for the Wellington Steam Ferries Company, visited Kaipara and concluded negotiations for the purchase ot the vessel on behalf of his company.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 254, 23 July 1936, Page 8
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