SHOPS IN DARKNESS
A number of business premises in Victoria street, Hamilton's main thoroughfare, were plunged into darkness about B.HO on Friday night, during the height of the shopping rush, when a motor car driven by Mi'. H. Hansen, of Morrinsville. struck a power-pole. The impact knocked out the switch controlling' the circuit. Business was carried on with the aid of candles until the lights were restored just before closing time.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19758, 12 October 1938, Page 7
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71SHOPS IN DARKNESS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19758, 12 October 1938, Page 7
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