DOMINION ITEMS
(By Telegraph—Per Press Association)
AUCKLAND, September 28,
Fatal injuries were received by apedestrian, Charles Anderson, single, aged about 55, as the result of being struck by a taxi-cab while crossing Beach Road to-night. Anderson received fractures of both legs and one arm and other serious injuries. He died at the hospital.
MOTOR ACCIDENT SEQUEL.
CHRISTCHURCH. September 29
As a sequel to a fatal accident in Spreyton on August 21, when his son was killed, Frank Jenkins o$ Port Levy, was charged with dangerously driving a truck, which had capsized. Defendant was convicted and discharged. Counsel said as far as a penalty was concerned, Jenkins would carry through life the knowledge that he had indirectly caused his son’s death.
Magistrate Mosley said that no punishment he could inflict could compare with that which defendant bad inflicted on himself.
A FATALITY,
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19310929.2.41
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1931, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
141DOMINION ITEMS Hokitika Guardian, 29 September 1931, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in