AS DAMAGED GOODS!
The horse had taken fright. A motorhorn had "too-tooted' right in the centre of its ear, and off it dashed like a house afire. Jones, the owner and driver of the horse and trap, gripped tight hold of the reins. Jenkins, who had com© to gee whether, he would give £85 for the lot, clung wildly to his seat. Both were feebly aware of the fact that they were going the pace that kills.
Tip, down, along they hurtled. Suddenly, at the foot of a steep hill, they saw a huge van standing still in the centre of the road. Nearer and nearer they came. It was a matter of moments.
"Look here," cried Jones, "when we get to the bottom I'll take ten pounds for the lot I"
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Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 17 February 1915, Page 3
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