■'■■■ ■■'•.'••'.• ' '.. .'t' A Maori-named Rangi Moa an; with: rather-a. curious accident whil' in a five-seater mptpr-car on the W«k roa road a; few days ago (says t»i Hastings "Triburia:") He had driTtf some passengers from Napier to W»h roa and was, jreturningto Napier w« thre% more passengers. When about* mile on "the Napier side of Wairos t» driver went; ts sleep,- and the PB3^ gers, stopping the car, got out and '«• it nnd" the driver on the side of *W ? road. The. /driver did not remeinW^ anything after ;falling -asleep until W, was awakened on the bank of the «»"- roa river a policeman. When <ii» tioned he said that he had a faint i»" colJecuion of .smothering at the "°^r of .the ■ river. If is surmieed th3t H* starred the car while asleep* and orow it off the road into the Wairoa nvff. 30ft.- below. ~Nothing has been cc» of the car since. ..-' ■■•■■■ ■••■' ■ ' "■•'.■.•■
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXI, Issue 16604, 27 April 1916, Page 6
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