And They're Scarce! S'anding in the path of a moving load in a wharf shed at Napier v.'as an elderly cargo agent, unaware of the menace behind him. Just. in time the crane driver saw him and promptly stopped the machinery, but momentum swung the heavy load forward and it knocked the man down. With anxiety the driver watched the man climb to his feet and begin pounding agonizedly at his thigh. "Are yoli hurt?" he called. "No!" bellowecl ihe agent, "but you set my box I of matches on fire."
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Chronicle (Levin), 23 May 1949, Page 5
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