ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL.
KAIKOHX LORRY SMASH. DRIVER WORKED ALL NIwHT. ißj Telegraph—Own Correspondent i KAIKOHE. this day. i The se fuel to the level crossing smash at Kaikohe early in Deoemher wa= told iii the Magistrate'- Court, when Norman Hooker was charged by the police with • crossing the railway when it was not : clear. ; Coun-vl for the defence -a.i.t that ' defendant had been working all through 1 the night and had apparently fallen asleep. He had no recollection of hav- ! ing seen or heard the train. In view- of the fact that the defendar.- . had lost his lorry, the magistrate. Mr. J. H. Luxford, convicted and ordered him : to Y'fty the Court cost-.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 47, 25 February 1929, Page 11
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114ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 47, 25 February 1929, Page 11
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