TRAM AND CAR COLLIDE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 192, 3 November 1927, Page 11

TRAM AND CAR COLLIDE

SMASH IN WELLESLEY STREET DRIVER SLIGHTLY INJURED A collision between a tram and a motor-car, resulting in serious damage to the latter, occurred in Wellesley Street West shortly after 2 p.m. today. The car, driven by Mr. A. Morse, was proceeding up Wellesley Street and when about to turn into Albert Street the driver slowed down to let a tram pass him. He then turned in behind the tram, not noticing another tram coming down the hill. He was then mid-way across the rails and was struck broadside on. The running board, doors and front left wheel were smashed and the windscreen shattered. Mr. Morse suffered a slight cut on the hand, but otherwise was not injured. The tram escaped lightly, the buffer being dented. The damage to the motor-car is estimated at C4O. and rock the foot slightly at the ankle. All the muscles will derive some benefit. “Mankind was originally designed to go on all fours, and the foot is not a perfect instrument for walking. Considering this fact, it is important not to put excessive strains upon it. It seems that the higher the civilisation the straighter the stature of man, and it may be more than a coincidence that aristocrats and people in the higher social scales are pictured as erect as steeples. “The entire body structure is dependent on the firm stand of tlife feet. If they are in proper balance and equilibrium, all the internal organs of the body will lie in their proper places, and those afflictions which arise out of the disarrangement of the nervous system will not occur. “A man can jump from a height, and, landing on his feet with his knees bent, take up the force of the drop easily in his joints and muscles by a natural rebound from the street or road. But drop straight down stiffly from the curbstone of a pavement to the roadbed, and the drop of these few inches will give you a jar and unpleasant sensations. “This is illustrative of what happens to athletes and dancers who do not know the rhythmic use of their limbs and joints. And if people will keep this fact in mind, and guide themselves accordingly, a great deal of the present unnecessary suffering will disappear.”