PINNED UNDER TRUCK

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 242, 13 October 1936, Page 7

PINNED UNDER TRUCK

THREE PEOPLE RELEASED BY ’BUS DRI\"ER ONE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL [ Per Pree« Association. ] TE AWAMUTU, Oct. 12. A motoring smash occurred latf this afternoon on the Whatiwhatihoe Bridge over the Waipa River on the Pirongia-Kawhia Road. Allen Parkinson, driving a light truck to Te I Rauamoa from Te Awamutu, said the wheels got off the runners of the ! decking and before the car could be i righted it crashed through the railling and overturned. j Parkinson and his brother, Allan, aged 23, also Miss Randall, aged 21, were all pinned underneath. While they were calling for help a car passed, but later a passenger ’bus driver saw their plight and released them. Allan Parkinson was seriously injured about the head, probably suffering a fracture, and was removed to the Waikato Hospital by ambulance. The others were uninjured. sistance for that last venturesome sea passage. The Labour Daily, under the heading, “Unbeaten Batten,” says: “And so Miss Batten, the wonder girl flier, has triumphed again. Two years ago she was just an ordinary aviatrix with enough determination and ambition for a dozen, and now she is sitting on top of the world.” i’he Sun, in an editorial, after pointing out that because of no official recognition Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and Mr. Ulm had to keep 'on stunting, says; “Consider J ear Batten. Here in her early twenties is a girl whose knowledge and flair would be of benefit to civil aviation in New Zealand, her mother country, or Australia, her close relative. Je*|.i Batten is the Lindbergh of New Zealand. Perhaps New Zealand will lead the way. Perhaps a man-size job in aviation will be given to a woman. Then there will be no more need to barnstorm, no more need to | bait Scylla and Charybdis, no more need to endanger without reason a magnificent young life.” The Daily Telegraph says: “No man can expect to surpass Miss Batten’s courage and perseverance. Men may well be content to equal such a pilot in skill and endurance.”