TRAM SERVICES
WRONG WAY TO CONDEMN THEM , According to the testimony of a fel-low-passenger who was not at all pleasjed with his presence, Albert Mills, when lie got into a tram-car under the influence of liquor, expressed himself [in no uncertain terms regarding the tram services in Wellington. He was dissatisfied apparently, and he inform-1 ed tho other man of his views, punctuating his remarks with some bad language. The outcome of all this was a charge against Mills in the Magistrate's Court to-day of having used indecent language. He did not appear. The passenger to whom Mills addressed his remarks said that the defendant's languago was most'disgusting. He tried to hand tho defendant over to a constable when the ear readied Manners street, but Mills fell on his head. Senior-Sergeant Ward said that Mills injured his head by the fall and was in hospital for about four days. Mr. Page, S.M.: "No doubt the episode will have cost him something in hospital. I propose to fine him £,1." Mills was also ordered to pay costs £1 2s, and witnesses' expenses £2.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 74, 28 March 1930, Page 13
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182TRAM SERVICES Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 74, 28 March 1930, Page 13
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