MOTOR-CYCLIST’S DEATH
FATAL ACCIDENTS AT DEVONPORT INQUEST CONCLUDES When his motor-cycle collided with a telephone post at the corner of Cheltenham Hoad and King Edward Parade, Devon port, last Friday, Albert J. Halliday, leading signaller on H.M.S. Dunedin, received injuries from which he died at the Auckland Hospital next morning. A verdict of accidental death was returned by Mr. F. Iv. Hunt yesterday, at the conclusion of the adjourned inquest. William Poland Harrison, chief yeoman of signals on the Dunedin, gave evidence of identification, stating that deceased was a married man, his wife living at Pet one. He was a native of Devon. Two witnesses, John Dennis and Lachlan Harrison, said that when Halliday turned into Cheltenham Road the machine made a wide turn and appeared to get out of control, running across the road and striking a post. Evidence that death was due to a fracture of the base of the skull was given by Dr. Dorothy Smith, of the hospital staff.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 966, 8 May 1930, Page 16
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163MOTOR-CYCLIST’S DEATH Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 966, 8 May 1930, Page 16
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