COSTLY PRANK
AiRMAir SPEEDSTER
ROAD AS DIRT TRACK
(By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHyRCH, This Day. An Air Force man who gave a traffic inspector "90" and refused to i stop appeared before the Magistrate. Mr. E. C. Lewey, today. An 80-mile-an-hour chase was described. The accused* Kenneth Alexander Finlayson, admitted three charges of failing to stop when directed by 'an inspector. He was fined £20 and costs, and his licence was cancelled for two years. For dangerous driving and driving without a licence, he was fined £1. The prosecutor said that not only was the speed grossly excessive, but Finlayson turned without signalling, cut corners, and tried to ride the; inspector off the road. He was only stopped by a puncture. The chase lasted for four miles, and the inspec-' tor's siren was going most of the" time. The defence was that Finlayson knew that Inspector Luhn was, a good dirt track rider in his pre-inspector; days and decided to "open up."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 90, 13 October 1939, Page 9
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161COSTLY PRANK Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 90, 13 October 1939, Page 9
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