UNUSUAL PROSECUTION

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 448, 2 June 1937, Page 5

UNUSUAL PROSECUTION

, AMBULANCE DRIVER FINED j -- j Speeding Al Whangarei Press Association—Copyright. Whangarei, June 2. An unusual cast was brought before Mr G. N. Morris, S.M., in the Police l* Court to-day, when Walter Armstrong Wilson was charged with driving a I motor ambulance in the Whangarei i Borough at a speed exceeding 30 I miles lan hour. i Mr Trimmer, for defendant, said that defendant was.* doing purely l i gratuitous work for the St. John j Ambulance, of which he was a m.?m- -• ber. H e had taken an infectious dis- | eas e tease to the hospital. In such ’ cases it was necesssary to sprtiy the | ambulance with formalin and to com,l ple-te the whole trip as soon as pos- ■ Bible, becaus e ' not only did the forma. ■ lin evaporate quickly, but it was also ■ injurious to the eyes. Defendant’s eyes wer e actually watering when the journey was finished. The Magistrate, to the traffic inspector: Have you had trouble previously with this driver or the Sit John Ambulance? Th e Inspector, Mr J. H. Ashton: No, I have not. I would point out, however, 'that, although the ambulance is exempt from the speeding regulations, it is not so after a patient bias been placed in hospital. The Magistrate: I will deal with this case, leniently, but that is not an indication lihat I will permit such breaches to continue. | A fine of 10s and costs was impos-