BUSINESS NOTICES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 8 March 1921, Page 7

BUSINESS NOTICES.

The 'Economics final offer of oddments and remnants will be made on "Thursday and Saturday, March 10 and •12, iwhen a host of 1/-, 2/6, 5/- and 10/- 'bargains will be available. —The "Economic, Hawera.

A very interesting event during the New Plymouth, motor cycle races was v a jace between F. Sykes1 3i h.. Rpyal Ruiby and fL. Mangham's 3^ h.p. Har- . ley-Davidson, the result of an argu--ment as to which was the-fastest ma*chine. However, a spectator offered £5 to the "Winner if a one anile race I from a standing start was run. The ! "officials readily accepted the offer and "the two champions Jined np and in a most exciting extra race F. Sykes won ' fey about 20 yards. The donor of the prize, who is an English commercial \traveller iwho has witnessed a lot of Brooklands' racing, stated that the •New Zealand grass track racing was ! • an exhibition of much more skill and ■"•daring. | A Nelson message states that the ' finding at the inquest on George William Bnlford, who died frr.ni injuries ■ received iby being run over 'by a i%aihvav truck during shunting, was to the effect that. Shunter Kin'ock's duty was to keen a constant look-out when an ore-aching the wharf, that he should have seen the men on the wharf before they were struck. The coroner saVl that he would not carry the matter further, but it was his chit'- to send a •copy of the donos-it'ons Lo the ■MtorueyGeueral. .