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NZ Truth, Issue 66, 22 September 1906, Page 4

A Christchurch cabby has had two escapes from bein«- hit by a tram pole leaving the electric wire. On the second occasion he said, "The other day one of those things nearly got me, and some of these days one of them will, by gosh !" and he spat on the ground vigorously. Walking contests are a veritable gamble as well as lots of other things. The long distance lunacy, revived again this year, a go from Lytteltoii" to Governor's Bay and back, resulted m the first four home getting disqualified for running, and the fifth bloke, who thought he had no possible, got the dibs, or whatever it was he was to, get.