SPEEDWAY ACCIDENT
RIDER GRAVELY HURT
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, 7th February.
■.: Gordon Wicks, aged- 25, single, lies ■hi Christchurch Hospital in; a,-, critical condition as a result of severe head injuries received in a fall at tke broadsiding meeting at Monica Park 'oil" Saturday. He fell when sliding out of a bend, and N. Gray, following close behind, also fell. It appeared that Gray struck both Wicks : and his machine. Gray was shakcn,,but otherwise unhurt.
"Wicks was carried off the track inert and unconscious, and this afternoon had not fully recovered consciousness.
• The New Zealand Nativo Bird Protection. Society decided at i^s meeting on Thursday that only members of .the society shall be eligible for nomination fc-r officiai;positions.- ;
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 32, 8 February 1932, Page 14
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118SPEEDWAY ACCIDENT Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 32, 8 February 1932, Page 14
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