MOTOR CYCLIST KILLED
SMASH INTO LARGE LORRY WAGE-EARNER OF FAMILY AUCKLAND, Nov. 7. A motor-cyclist, William Charles Lag ton, aged 22, Onehunga, was killed in a collision with a. motor lorry at Westfield this evening. Langton was employed as a. fellmonger at R. and W. Hell aby ’.s works. The machine collided head-on with a large lorry. It struck the right-hand side- of the bumper. Langton was apparently crushed against the side of the radiator. When picked up he was dead. Langton, who was single, resided with Ins parents and was the chief wage-earner in the family, his father having been unemployed for a considerable period.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 9 November 1933, Page 6
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