SKATING EPISODE
GLASS DOOR BROKEN P "Pride comes before a fall" is an old proverb, but it was never better, illustrated than by a Greymouth youth on a recent evening. Apparently in an endeavour to prove that his roller-skating ability was more than the average, he travelled into town from the skating rink in a motor-car with his skates on and skated into a well-known confectionery shop and purchased some chocolates. All went well until "lie attempted to leave the shop, states the Grey River Argus. Then he lost his balance, with a most disconcerting result, as he flew headlong through a glass door, depositing the door, himself and the chocolates none too gently on the footpath. "Next morning, when he sent the glazier to restore the door, he no doubt reflected that the best place to skate in is a hall.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21934, 18 October 1934, Page 13
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142SKATING EPISODE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21934, 18 October 1934, Page 13
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