"I AM JIM EDWARDS"
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TAXI DRIVER'S STORY OF DRIVE DURING RIOTS SAFEST MAN IN AUCKLAND
— By Telegraph — Copyrlght).
AUCKLAND, Monday One of the principal witnesses at the Police Court, this morning, when the hearing of charges of rioting was restimed, was a taxi driver, Cyril Whittle. Whittle said that on the night of April 14 he was called to Park Road near Auckland Hospital, and there a nian With his head bandaged asked to be driven to the Town Hall. Witness said: "Do you expect me to take you down there like you are." The man replied: "I am Jim Edwards, and while I am in your car you are the safest man in Auckland." Witness drove the man down about 8.40 p.m. On Teaching the fringe of the crowd Edwards asked a man how things were going. Witness then drove Edwards home, and later Edwards returned to the Town Hall with a woman who witness presumed was Mrs. Edwards. Edwards at this time had a megaphone, The woman advised Edwards not to leave the car when it returned to the Town Hall. Edwards replied: "i am not going to the cooler to-night. 1*11 get a half a do£6n mbn t6 picket my house.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 212, 2 May 1932, Page 5
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