INTOXICATED DRIVER
MAORI’S FIFTEEN "HANDLES, *’
STEERING GEAR BLAMED.
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HAWERA,. December 13. -
A Maori, Thompson Waiwiri, 20, pleaded guilty to intoxication while in charge of a motor lorry, and was fined £2O by Mr Salmon, the Magistrate, today, and was prohibited* from holding a license for twelve months. It was revealed that Waiwiri never held a license He admitted having fifteen handles of beer during a:few hours in Manaia township prior to his collision with a stationary vehicle, wliich he contended, wa-s due to defective steering gear.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 December 1933, Page 5
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