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Fish stories in their endless "variety are taken with the proverbial groin of salt, and doubtless some motoring tales are in the same category, says a Dunedin paper. The one which follows is not. A few days ago a motorist on the Willowbauk road approaching Gore was travelling at a fair pace. For some four chains a hare ran on the grass; alongside the road, and then decided to cross in front of the car. The animal misjudged the pace of the car, and, to escape being run over, it leapt into the car, collided with the windscreen, and was deposited between the driver and his wife. The windscreen was badly smashed, the passengers in the rear seat were treated to a shower of glass particles, but the only casualty was the hare. Even the most sceptical reader will be convinced of the accuracy of the facts here related when it is stated that the authorities of the Otago Motor Olub Insurance have been supplied with the necegr sary proof to substantiate the claim for damage. : •; {. 1 Woods’ Great Peppermint Care For Influenza Golds. ~ 'T

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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4347, 11 January 1938, Page 4

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