A miraculous esoape ftom death, or at least serious injury, occurred at trie conclusion of the Seaward Downs sports just as the motor cars and char-a-bancs war* beginning to take their various roads homeward (says the Southland Times) The driver of a big 'bus. evidently unable to Avoid a boy who was standing ofa tie road ran into him and knocked Run aver the car passing oVer him. Horrified bystanders rushed up, expecting serious sequences but by some marvellous chance Jhe lad nad been knocked clear of the wh«eU, and the 'bus, *hil4 Sin K over him, was slung sufficiently high to enable him to escape with minor injuries You will eat Jour chid joint, right u. with Hayward's "Military" pickles Afi grooere. Demand "Mihtaij.*'-—Ad T t
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 1210, 7 January 1925, Page 4
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127Page 4 Advertisements Column 6 Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 1210, 7 January 1925, Page 4
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