A Chapter of Accidents
The morning following a dance usually finds many tired folk reporting for work, but they had nothing on the feelings of an Otakiri farmer who made an effort to be present at a dance in Whakatane last week. He rushed his work, rushed dressing, rushed to his car—and found a flat tyre. Pumping a tyre by hand and in a "stiff" front is not fun but he did it. Then he remembered he had no cash. He rushed inside and grabbed his cheque book. Arriving at the dance he prevailed upon the doorkeeper to cash a cheque. AFas no pen—no one approached had one. His banker was
met and agreed to the "kite'" being "flown" in pencil. Aha! victory? Alas tragedy! Still rushing he arrived again at the ticket box, triumphantly explained his success, and then . . . . He produced his "cheque" book only to find he had brought his Social Security coupon book by mistake. He did not bring his dogs, but a bystander was under the impression he was speaking in a farmer's re-< proving manner to a wayward canine.:
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 163, 3 October 1941, Page 2
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184Untitled Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 163, 3 October 1941, Page 2
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