Minister’s Escape.
1 A narrow escape from injury was experienced by the Minister of Internal Affairs, the Hon. W, E. Parry, when a ! small car in which he was a passenger ! capsized into a small pumice pit about 1 15 miles from Rotorua on Friday mornI ing. Although the car was extensively damaged, none of the three occupants received any injuries. The accident occurred on the main Taupo road near Rainbow Mountain. Mr. Parry’s son-in-law, Mr. D. Ciochetto, who was driving, had turned off the main road and found that he had mistaken the entrance of a quarry for a side road. It was while backing that the car capsized into a pit covered with fern at the side of the road.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 112, 13 May 1941, Page 4
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