MOTORIST'S PLIGHT.
RESCUED WHEN INTOXICATED.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday.
A farmer, Tom Voice, aged 05, of Templeton, was fined £15 to-day for being intoxicated in charge of a car.
The policc stated that Voice had run into a cattle-stop at the Sockburn railway crossing. He had fallen across the stop and called bystanders to pick him lip. A train due at the time had fortunataly been stopped and defendant was very lucky to be alive.
For the defence it was stated the cause of the mishap was that Voice iiad mistaken the railway lines for tram lines and had turned along them.
The magistrate cancelled Voice's driving license and prohibited liini from obtaining another until August 1.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 122, 25 May 1934, Page 10
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118MOTORIST'S PLIGHT. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 122, 25 May 1934, Page 10
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