EGGS ON TRAMCAR.
VAN DRIVER’S CHOICE. A CITY DILEMMA. Inspired by a desire to save from destruction Somebody' eggs tho driver of a mo.. -in performed an heroic deed this morning. He was driving the Avon Butter Company's van al ug Colombo Street, ‘only to meet an obstacle near Kincaid's shop. Outside s; od Kincaid's 1 van, loading up with those perishable goods which vulgar people call ’ hen j fruit.'*’ But that was but one horn .of toe dilemma. The other was repre- : sented by a No. 16 car, proceeding j along its appointed track. There was the choice of the driver iof the Avon van ! Risk running into j the egg-laden delivery cart, or risk a ; collision with the approaching,, tram. Did he falter? No. He attempted j to dodge Kincaid's van and the tram |as well. It couldn’t be dune. There w z* a collision : still, the only thing . d'imaged was the body of the. Avon ; Oompanres van, and that but slightly Tb -f tram was not hurt-, and, more mi porVwai, the eggs in the other van were saved.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17527, 2 May 1925, Page 1
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182EGGS ON TRAMCAR. Star (Christchurch), Issue 17527, 2 May 1925, Page 1
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