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Bad luck really does come in threes for an Invercargill couple who have cracks in their house, a flattened garage and a damaged car.
The earthquake centred off Milford last week cracked the house and the gales got the garage.
Brian and Pauline Reece were returning from seeing the council about the garage when they found the H from and H&J Smith sign on a nearby building had fallen and smashed the rear window of their car, the Southland Times reported.
"You've just got to laugh really," Mrs Reece said. "That's all you can do," Mr Reece said.
H&J Smith chief executive officer John Green said the sign made of tin and steel had probably fallen as a result of recent bad weather and could have been affected by last week's earthquake.
- NZPA
