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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 6 September 1924, Page 7

A passenger sitting in the hack sent oi the- smoker,s’ compartment of a Dunedin tramcar had a painful experience the c-tliftr day (states the Star). The ear was crowded —packed, in fact—and a sudden stop brought the standing men in the back forward in a solid nhalanx. One of the men put out his hand, and accidentally struck the cigarette the unfortunate passenger was smoking, pressing the burning end against Ids upper lip. Tf it bad been possible to remove the ember at once the position would not have been so. bad. but the passenger had his bands in Iris nocket, and bo was unable to get them free until the weight of humanity was removed some seconds later. A severe burn was the result.