SENSATIONAL RUNAWAY

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 6 April 1908, Page 5

SENSATIONAL RUNAWAY

SIX-HORSE BRAKE IN THE CITY.

i A^GKLAND' April &. > ' A sensational t ranaw4y^ ooourred fin Queen street on. Saturday; afternoon portly after wh«nvth"e trance was at its busiest. A brake* came careering wildly down, the thoroughfare from Victoria street^ almost to Customs street. ..The iwiping horses Were'^siiccessfully ' manoeuvred through the crowded street/ ithoiigh quite a number of accidents^were 'narrowly averted. When nearing the Customs street corner, wherej trasq; is, always congested,, a ,qa^afltrophe^ seemed inevitable, but .jus^ before, this point was reached tb!e career, of the runaway s was cut short in rather a sensational manner. Several trams were 'drawing up to the intersection/ and "the street was crowded with the one o'clock rush of, people struggling for the means of reaching, their homes. Ahead was a gig occupied by Dr Owen and a groom. To swerve to the right meant collision with a tram pole^ while to the left meant a lurch on. to "the 'footpath. ? The driver endeavored to pass between 'the gig and the post, but the heavy brake proved to.b unwieldy, and? crashed into the gig, gmaßhing.the the driver's side to pieces./:. g§ga.rcely a spoke of the wheel was lefj&,mijact) Dr Owen and/ his driver were^ thjown on to thfe" roadway, but escaped / serious injury? '£be horse was also "sHrojvn to the ground as a result of the'finpact, but fortunately the gig alone^ waiTdamaged. The greatest credit, was rjgiven by eye-witnesses to the d^v^RtiOf the brake, for whaji iojlpwed. As the (team thundered down, f . Queen street, irfr Andrews shown remarkable presence of mindj' ahd, grasping the situation as he neared the foot of Queen street, he literally threw his horses to ;,the ground*. '!usihg I all J»is weight on t the off leader. ,' Several' of the horses .were, badly cut about, more particularly the leader which came down.

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DEPUTATIONS.

[fBfcSS ASSOCIATION. 1 )

DUNEDIN, April 6.

A deputation representing the Otago Central Railway League waited on the Prim& Minister yesterday- urging further construction of the line. The deputation pointed out that if the railway, were continued, 50,000 acres of Crown, Jlandß would te^opened up, and 10ft, farmers could be. settled. T]he. Prime Minister, , said he ? w,as goingithrough Otago Central .wjth responsible engineers,, chiefly, with the;,object of benefiting by their advice . on tthe matter of irrigation, and also, with a view of having a further, look into the general surroundings of the country. He would then be in the position, ,when the time came, of seeing what they could do so far as further railway extension was concerned. A deputation . from the Society for the Protection of Women and Children waited on, < the Prime Minister. The Rev. W. Curaon-Siggers ( said:the. deputation's object., was to. get the Industrials Schools Act. amended so, as to allow ai society such as. those menI tioned to I»; ?<™?» » * he °»f f t, M< lren living in undesirable surround?W ly - Vo'that a magistrate might commgs., ai M M whose "surroundings milimit o a cniiv. t^ healt h T and moral 3«tated against v defeired^ tbat v^p^ent, J*.^^ ■to deal T?u «*re'them unw^th,ohildren. brpught beti, r*"Ju-v^ o M. dcV the .ln^ustrial.Schools Aci, t_lt _I trig an enquiry rather , than ,afte* \J^ fornial, and. legaj methods of .theAPolJlpv. Gpurt. Aji amendment of .the Destitute Persons .Act,, was also, sought, to provide ,for . application ,by a, wife ,or sopiety for the ' attachment of wageearner's wastes for the support of , his wjfe or chi^dj and to .make a clear defiiiiltio.n -that a man wastinc; Mb .money in 'gambling , or drinking. ,to the' detriment, of those, dependent, on him be deemed to desert his family. $jfc. Joseph said the Government would give the fullest consideration to the requests. He expressed sympathy with the proposals.