QUICK THINKING
Presence of mind on the part of a boy and the driver of a motor-car this morning averted what promised to be the makings of an. inquest • and provided bystanders at the Cuba and Manners Streets intersection with a thrill that would do credit to a; film producer. Shortly after 10 a.m. when rain was falling heavily the boy'fell from his bicycle near the Bank of New Zealand and lay in the path of an oncoming car. It was a case for quick thinking. Instead of rising and making a desperate bolt for the safety of the nearby footpath the. lad lay prone, buried his head in his arms— and waited. The motor-driver had sized up the position and, being unable to stop easily on the greasy road, drove straight on, passing over the boy. The latter rose unharmed, surveyed his wet garments, picked up his bicycle, and sped on his waw
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1935, Page 10
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154QUICK THINKING Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 98, 27 April 1935, Page 10
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