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MOTOKISTS' FATE CRASH THROUGH A FENCE RETURNING FROM A PARTY. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (Received March 28, 10.45 p.m.) MELBOURNE, March 28 Three men were killed at 3.30 a.m. to-day when a motor-car in which they were returning to Melbourne after attending an engagement party at Mount Eliza crashed through a fence when descending Oliver's Hill, Frankston, 26 miles from Melbourne, and was The victims were : Richard Wilkinson, aged 27, a partner in Riverside Motors. Lan Heath, 33, sub-manager of the firm of G. J. Coles, Launceston. Alistair Hughes, 27, architect. The bodies la£ on the road for two hours before it was known that the accident had occurred. The car apparently had skidded 40 yards and turned over three times.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22688, 29 March 1937, Page 9
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