WRONG LEVER.
BRAKE WAS APPLIED. IN SEARCH OF WARMTH. INDIAN CAPTAIN’S MISTAKE. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) TIMARU, this day. S. M. Hussain, captain of the touring Indian hockey team, was in search of means to increase the warmth of the carriage for himself and his team mates while on the train journey from Christchurch to Timaru. He was not to be
baffled by lack of expert knowledge, and his attention was attracted by a likely looking piece of apparatus fixed to the wall at one end of the carriage.
In blissful ignorance of the fact that this particular control was the emergency brake, he gave it a good hearty twist for the train to come shortly after to a screeching standstill, somewhere in the regions of Rakaia.
Unperturbed, and with a pleasant feeling that he had acted all for the good, Hussian went naively back to his seat, quite oblivious as to the reason for the commotion among the engine crew and^ train attendants. It took several minutes of investigation before the mystery was solved, and after the official finger had been smilingly wagged at the unknowing offender, the train steamed on its way.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 161, 11 July 1938, Page 11
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193WRONG LEVER. Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 161, 11 July 1938, Page 11
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