A DANGEROUS PRACTICE.
— :oo:— A i •■:: _• Furiojps Driving. ;-.A town carter, who -was so far! in-., toxicatcd as'not' te apjTear to know What he was doing, bi*^' to 'haye 'any control over his horse, was^ observed this ajfter'nooh dri vihgfuriously round theSqdare, : urging-' 1 hi*- 'aniriial. t6 the its speed, aifoAfreeiy apply&g^the ki whip.; He liad several inavrdWeScap^'o'fj capsizing at different places, and some-' bbj^dren with difficulty-missed being vnnpveji. reckless ati ex^ipi|i6rr-k«( t^he residents of ; the' , S^iifti ; e t 'have pf§bably f; before seen^ati^is oiie'Wllicli^'Arlowed, to be repeatetii'may^d^iri'a serious accident. Fortunately, the animal ivjas. a quiet and ttaetable;;blie, and (.ho,ugh subjectedlftf^CTuel tisane, did not atte'pipjt. »<to display- ariy ! vice m the way of hoiting or kicking. The earnest remonstrances of a female t did not f seeiii to have liifitfch; deteri'e'nt effect ' on jthe apparently utterly reckleW aJ, driybi-, i whose actions were those~,eit])er el a. lunatic,- or person who '" hsfcf "beejn j indulging till h^had' UeCdiiiir quite iim- r , conscious^ what- ho 'was doing, hjio). washqnt^intwpa&te- df being' ; fti;charge of a horse and eaiC : X ;iJ^" "'A*'-' \ -
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 300, 21 November 1883, Page 3
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178A DANGEROUS PRACTICE. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 300, 21 November 1883, Page 3
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