MOTOR-CYCLIST INJURED.
ACCIDENT AT WAIHI BEACH. [BY TELEGRAPH. OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WAIHI, Monday. . •An accident to two motor-cyclists occurred .at Wa'ihi Beach, yesterday. The young men were Eric E. Smith and Albert Phillips, both of Waikino, and they were, astride the one machine. They were racing along the hard, smooth sand, at! about 60 miles an hour, when the machine struck a\ soft patch, which caused it to perform - a series of bounds and,, before, it crashed on to the sand, the riders 'were pitched high into the air, and" came down about 30 or 40ft. ahead- of the badlysmashed cycle. . : '. •The men were picked up in a semi-con-scious condition, and conveyed to the Waihi Hospital. Inquiries' to-day showed that both were suffering from severe concussion from which they are recovering..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18299, 16 January 1923, Page 6
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