FARMER FINED.
CAR DRIVEN NEGLIGENTLY. HUXTLY SOUTH COLLISION. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) HUXTLY, this day. William Burnie, farmer, of Huntly West, was charged by the police to-day with negligently driving a motor car at Huntly South "on May 12, kha charge arising out of a collision with a. van driven by William Green, of Auckland. The police stated they had visited the scene of the accident and found two bottles of beer in the grass near Burnie's car. William Green said he was on the grass on his correct side at the time of the accident, and was travelling at 25 miles per hour. Mrs. Mabel Warn, of Auckland, gave corroborative evidence. In defence Burnie said he was quite sober and that he was travelling on the extreme left of the road on his correct side when the van came towards him. Burnie was convicted and fined 30/, Court costs 10/, and witnesses' expenses £2 5/2.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 170, 20 July 1934, Page 8
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