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    Photo: Otago Daily Times
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    Grant Ruthven (2) receives a restraining hand from his grandfather, Mr Morris Smeaton, on Dukes Rd near Mosgiel in May 1985. 

    Grant had set off in hot pursuit of his grandmother, who had cycled down the road shortly before.

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