Car Stuck in Shingle 1924
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From Auckland Weekly News 26 June 1924 –
” “MAN-POWER” SUCCEEDS WHERE “HORSE POWER” FAILED.
Over twenty men employed in dragging a motor-car through the shingle deposited on the Napier-Petane Road during the recent storm.”
Alexander Lavery (1863-1940) took photos of Hawke’s Bay from the early 1900s to 1940
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