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HASTINGS COLLISION
FIVE PEOPLE INJURED CHINESE SUFFERS SEVERELY [BY TELEGRAPH' —PRESS ASSOCIATION] HASTINGS, Tuesday Five people were injured, one seriously. when a light rental car collided violently with a fruit lorry in Hastings at six o'clock this evening. The victims were: —Mr. Stanley Wong, of Hastings, a Chinese, concussion and shock; Mr. John Steadman, of Auckland, shoulder injuries: Mr. George Snell. of Hastings, bead injuries; Mr. Charles Ewin, of Napier, bead injuries; Mr. George Tod, of Otahuhu, cuts and abrasions. Mr. Wong and Mr. Steadman were admitted to hospital, the former in a serious condition.' Both vehicles were considerably damaged, the lorry overturning,
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23615, 27 March 1940, Page 10
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Stanley Wong was a fruiterer, from Gwe leng -
DEATH OF CHINESE
(By Telegraph—J'ress" Association.)
HASTINGS, This Day
Stanley Wong, a Chinese, driver of a van which collided with a car on a Hastings Street intersection last night, died from injuries at 10 o'clock this morning. Of the four others who received injuries only one, John Steedman, of Auckland, was taken to hospital, Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 73, 27 March 1940, Page 12