Here is Mr. Morse’s puzzle: Just South of Ashburton there is a place on the main highway where the road and the railway intersect at right angles. The crossing is a level crossing without any over or under-bridge, or gates. Last week a train was coming down the line towards the crossing and at a point 50 yards from the crossing was travelling at a speed of 50 m.p.h. A motorist was also proceeding towards the crossing and at the same moment as the train, was travelling at 50 m.p.h. at a point 50 yards from the crossing. Neither the train nor the motorist accelerated or decreased speed. Yet the motorist got across. How? Mr. Morse promises the answer next week. We expect there may have been some co-operation between the motorist and the Minister of Railways, but will wait patiently for confirmation,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 24, 8 December 1939, Page 55
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