MOTORISTS IN TROUBLE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18046, 22 March 1922, Page 7

MOTORISTS IN TROUBLE.

I KING COUNTRY ROADS. ]\ RESULT OF WET WEATHEE. ' j [BY TELEGEAFH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] it ONGARUE. Tuesday. i Weather conditions in the King Country 3 during the past fortnight have been remin : I iscent of September. Heavy rainfall, thunder and lightning and cold "weather iis the order. Motorist* are having a bad !••••_. —j a. 'ch..-.-^..*.«;»:,.; tj„.j A«.

I time, and the Taumatamaire ( Koad • beI tween Te Kuiti and Awakino is impass- ! able. Motors are coming to grief, one breaking a pinion while two others, had to remain out all night. A NIGHT IK THE OPEN. CAB SINKS IN MUD. [BT TEtEORAPH.—OWN CORRES?OM)BNT.J TE KUITI, TneedaJr. An unpleasant $cperience befel Mr. Norman Borthwick on Friday night. He left Te Kuiti Lu a high-powered car driven by. a chauSour. On the way to the freezing works at Waitara, near the 1 top of Tauraatamwre hill, about 8 p.m., the car sank bo deeply into the mud that in spite of the chains and ropes it came to a standstill. It wap a wild night, rain falling incessantly and with a howling wind. The roads wero so deep in mud and there were so many precipices about that it was risky to ventaro out to search for a friendly' house. The two travellers perforce had to reconcile themselves to spending the night in the car. They had no tea, and they had only one Bmall nig between them. The rain beat through the hood, and everything was soon sodden and uncomfortable. Morning came at last, and the car was backed down .the hill until it could be turned round A return was then made to Te Kuiti, where the ca* was put on a railway truck and sent to Martc-n, ~ ■•■■ .