NEGLIGENT MOTOR DRIVERS.
CONVICTIONS AT INVERCARGILL. Invercargill, Last Night. The sequels to three recent motor accidents on the North road were enacted in the Magistrate’s Court to-day, when the motorists concerned were charged with negligent driving. In one ease a girl named Ivy Tuffery, who was cycling along the road early one morning, was knocked down by a motor cyclist and -sustained serious injuries. The young man concerned in the accident, Wjilliam. McClelland, was fined £3 for not reporting on the accident to the police and was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon on a charge of negligent driving. James Harvey, an elderly man who ran into and smashed a telegraph pole, was convicted and discharged for negligent driving, and his driving license suspended for twelve months, as police stated that he was apt to collapse at the wheel and he had had numerous mishaps will the car recently. George Wallace Pow, charged with negligent, driving as a result of a serious collision with a tram 'car, was convicted and fined £3.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3026, 22 April 1926, Page 3
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177NEGLIGENT MOTOR DRIVERS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3026, 22 April 1926, Page 3
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