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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 198, 21 August 1919, Page 7

A man whose name i? unknown had « remarkably narrow escape from a serious accident iii (Jueen Street tiiis morning He sprinted after a tram car. which was lU'wina itt a fair rate of epeed. and endeavoured to board it at the front. His epeed was just about equal to that of the moving vehicle, ami he succeeded in catching the handrail, but lost his footing ajul was dragged some yards. The motorman pulled up very promptly, ami willing hands extricated him from h'.s position. Hie legw were under the ear. and he appeared to be seriously injured. He was conveyed to the hospital, where it wa* found tluu he had escaped Willi a few bruises, which did not require medical attention. He left the institution immediately. Mad the motorwhieh had come to a standstill alongside in all probability have had his legs crushed. The rmehed mud guard of a motor ear which had come to a stand?ill along.-ide a stationary tram car in Beach Road yesterday afternoon le<l to inquiries ivinsf made a.- to th<* possibilities of there haTing'been an accident. This proved to .be correct, the two vehi.-'es having been in collision. Apart irom the damage ilone to tho motor car there was a fair sprinkling of shattered, glass on the roadway. The question of who should pay the cost of the transfer of a mortgage came before Mr. F. Iv. Hunt, S.M., in a case at the Magistrate's Court this jnorning. Mt. Brewer, secretary of the Auckland Law Society, was called, and read a decision of the council of that body that the transferree mu*t pay. Counsel, however, contended that only settled a. principle, but did not a.pply to the speeisftc agreement before the Court. His Worship reserved his decision upon the point. In our report of an assualt ease heard ill the Police Court yesterday it was stated that Thomas Kenealy admitted he had been in Court previously for using abusive language to Kenealy's brother, and had ibeen bound over to keep the peace for twelve months. "Kenealy'e brother"' should have read "Bvers brother."