FORESTRY COMMISSION.
COMMITTEE'S MOTOR ADVENTURE.
(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, April 6. . A sub-committee of the Royal-Com-mission on Forestry,- czxiristincr'.-'of Messrs Haszard (chaiiman), Cockayne, Murdoch and Turner (seerotcrv), arrived at Wairoia yesterday and went on to \Vcikaremoana They had a rather nariow. escape from a serious accident on ti?n .journey to AVaikaremcana, whilst tJio car was rounding a sharp bond, 1700 leet up on _ the side of the Tutaemaro J.ange; a side step collided with a boulder on the track, bringing the car to a standstill and breaking th^ main spnng of the carriage. "Fortunately, tho car canted to the side of the track instead of going* down the ravine. After half an hour's delay in fixing ud tho broken sprinji, the mrty reached Lake House at 4.30. Th<Tdriver was in no way to blime, as the obstruction wa s not seen m time. The mrtv left in tho afternoon for Nanier " "
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 7 April 1913, Page 5
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