TEST FOR MOTORIST

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 235, 18 September 1939, Page 4

TEST FOR MOTORIST

“WHAT IS 12,245 TIMES 79” QUESTION of sobriety LONDON, July 20. —Can you multi- ’ I ply 12,345 by 79 -There are two ways - j of doiim it. Here is one:— 12 ,34-5 x 79 | 111.105 ’ | 864,1-50 . | 975,25-5 | And here is the other ' 12,345 x 80 . j 937,600 . - - . '.(subtract) 12,345 975.255 Lord Rhidian Crichton-Stuart, 22-year-old youngest son of the Marquis of Bute, was asked to work out this j sum when a. Perth* doctor was testing . 1 him for drink in a motoring ease. I Dr. R.. Ritchie said in Perth Sheriff Court yesterday that Lord. It Indian failed to £lo the sum. “Bad! at Sums” - | He multiplied thirteen •by seven correctly. In multiplying five figures by seven he got only two figures right. f, Dr. Ritchie was asked: “If you learn - lie is no good at arithmetic, would, ;! that account for his inability to do | tlie sums?” He answered, “Yes.” a Lord Rhidian, in evidence, said be j had two large whiskies at 1 o’clock, , s another at 3; o’clock, and a fourth at" ,1 7 o'clock, with a half-grain of epkedrine for his asthma. 7 At dinner he had half a glass of 4 port, and l then went. out. He was per-fec-tly sober, but due to the effect of ff the drug be felt a. bit “drowsy and peace'lu 1.” Sheriff Valentine imposed a line of £2O on Lord -Rhidian for driving while under the influence of drink, and disqualified him from driving for three - months. - * i. He said there was no question of Lord Rhidian being drunk, but lie had Jj too much to be driving a car.