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\j ' : . : ■ ' £lO FINE; LICENSE CANCELLED INTOXICATED MOTORIST. WELLINGTON, August 23. “Your license wil be cancelled for two years. Tt is the best way to protect the public,” said Mr W. H. Woodward, S.M., in the Police Court on .Saturday, when convicting John George Hague, painter, aged 48, of being intoxicated in charge of a motor-car in Glenmore Street. In addition, the magistrate imposed a fine of £lO. Senior-Sergeant Scott said that at C-25 p.m. on Friday, in consequence of a complaint received, Constable Quin went to the intersection of Glenmore and Crieff Streets and found that a taxi had been driven into by a motorcar in charge of accused. The constable spoke to accused' and found that he was in an advanced state of intoxication and that he was not able tp; grasp fully the 'meaning of questions him Accused told the constable that lie bad had two or three beers. The taxi driver, the senior-sergeant added, noticed accused approaching in a ziz-zap manner and kept well out of his way. but at the intersection* of Glenmore and Crieff Streets accused took a sudden turn and collided with the taxi, send- i ing it into a telegraph ipost. Accuser' got out and fell to the ground,
The magistrate granted- time in which to pay the fine.
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Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1932, Page 6
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219TO PROTECT PUBLIC Hokitika Guardian, 24 August 1932, Page 6
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