GATHERED HER SKIRTS AND RAN

NZ Truth, Issue 1044, 28 November 1925, Page 9

GA THERED HER SKIRTS AND RAN

H The lady, it seems was making her way leisurely to the j 1 Hamilton Station to catch the goods train to Te Aroha, where f§ |§ she is employed as a domestic. . ' . fj 1 She was under the impression that, she was m ample time .jj | to board the train until she approached the Victoria Street | 1 level crossing, when, to her painful surprise, she found the 1 1 train moving over the crossing on its journey. 1 | . She felt, that she simply must get back to her work, so I '§§ gathering her skirts around • her, she startled passers-by by j . 1 suddenly sprinting forward and, with a gymnastic feat jj 1 worthy of a circus artist, leaped upwards and landed man 1 | empty truck. 1 1 For this gymnastic feat she appeared before the Hamil- | 1 ton bench, and after a warning from the JiP. about board- g 1 ing moving trains she was convicted and discharged. ■• •■ Iniiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiili^