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Shannon News, 5 July 1927, Page 2

A steady demand for sleeping car accommodation lias been a feature of -the traffic on the Main Trunk express this winter. Twice lately there have been small waiting lists of applicants for berths, the names being taken only in ease an intending passenger cancelled his booking. A new aspect is the readiness with which the extra charge for the “de luxe” sleepers is paid. When a little girl placed an apple in her pocket before leaving home on a recent evening she little knew that the fruit would play an important part in a motoring case heard in the Police Court at Gisborne. The case was one in which a motorist was charged with knocking down a little girl and driving on, and it was stated by the police that when interviewed later the defendant denied all knowledge of the accident. However, it was shown that before leaving home the child placed in her pocket an apple which had a piece bitten out of it, and when the car was examined by the police the identical apple was found wedged between the mudguard and the radiator. “An apple caused the first downfall of man,” remarked counsel for the defence during the hearing of the case, “and I hope this one will not cause the defendant to fall too heavily.” *