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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5112, 8 April 1927, Page 3

The monthly meeting of ’the Thames Hospital and Charitable Aid Board is to be held on Monday next at 9.30 a.m. instead of 1 p.m„ as is usual On tiie ground that a motor-car had “ unlawfully broken and entered'’ his shop, or, alternatively, that the . shop was damaged by negligent driving resulting in trespass and damage, :an Oxford Street shopkeeper claimed, in the Westminster County Court, £43 from the owner of the car. The evidence showed that early one morning the defendant and a friend were travelling in tire vehicle, when it was turned to pass a van, skidded in the middle of the road, which was wet from cleaning with a hose, and went into the shop front. The plaintiff, who was sleeping over the shop, was by the crash, and came down to find the place whacked- Judge Reeves decided that negligence had not been established. The defendant was entirely blameless, and, though he would have liked to find that the plaintiff was entitled to some compensation he was satisfied that the dcfendant was not guilty of any negli- * gence, and therefore dismissed tiie action, with costs. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure For Influenza Col_ds.