Tapsell Tipped – Road Plunge – Frightened Racehorse – Fashion In Field – Police Chase – Classic Campbell – Road
Tiredness
TAPSELL TIPPED: The front page of the Dominion leads with the report that highly regarded former parliamentary speaker
Sir Peter Tapsell is shaping up to be the next governer-general.
-ROAD PLUNGE: The front page photograph shows more than 1000 people viewing a vehicle plunged from an Auckland flyover,
where a couple of were killed and their daughter injured yesterday.
-FRIGHTENED RACEHORSE: Spectators lining the inside of the Trentham racetrack cost the owner of a Wellington Cup
candidate thousands of dollars yesterday, making a racehorse stall with fright.
-FASHION IN FIELD: There are also photos of five eye-catching outfits seen at the "Fashion in the Field" show at the
Trentham Racecourse
-POLICE CHASE: Two gun-wielding men allegedly stole a car from a Dannevirke service station and led armed police on a
high-speed chase to the Lake Waikaremoana before finally being caught by police dogs and helicopters, early yesterday.
-CLASSIC CAMPBELL: A late thunderstorm and the challenge of 1998 winner Thomas Bjorn could not prevent Michael Campbell
claiming the A$1.6 million (NZ$2.1 million) Heinekin Classic in Perth yesterday.
-ROAD TIREDNESS: The Dominion’s editorial focuses on the dangers of road weariness and calls on police to concentrate on
the “worst drink-drivers”, rather than ordinary citizens.