A SPORTING WAGER.
~4 „—.— BUSINESS MAN’S TRIP. The outcome of the rumours concerning the Waimakariri breaking its banks yesterday afternoon was a sportGtfi bet made and accepted between two Christchurch business men yesterOne was telling the other how the ri\«r had burst it* banks up near the Qorge and that Kaiapoi would be non eat before / p.m. The second man ridiculed the iilea. whereupon his companion said, •1 11 bet you a level £25 that if you leave here by car at eight o’clock to-night you won’t n-et to Rangiora and back in time to open your shop at eight in the morning.” il You’re on.’* said the other man. The bet was clinched, the onlv conditions being that the driver had to report at the Kaiapoi and Rangiora Post Offices. The car Mas got ready for the journey, and at 8..1f) the man who accepted the wager set off with four companions, himself driving the car. Rangiora was reached after a pretty fair run under the circumstances, as the roads were in a very bad condition. The home trip took longer than the outward trip, but the party arrived back in Christchurch at 1.30 a.m.. having accomplished the task in five hours. All conditions having been complied with, the money was paid over to the apparent satisfaction of all concerned.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17037, 10 May 1923, Page 9
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221A SPORTING WAGER. Star (Christchurch), Issue 17037, 10 May 1923, Page 9
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