COLLISION WITH BUS
MOTORIST SENT TO GAOL [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, July 4. A collision which occurred in Hutt road on Saturday evening between a railway bus and a motor ear had its sequel in the Magistrate’s Court to-day, when Owen Bruce Carter (50), a farm labourer, pleaded guilty to intoxication while in charge of a car, and also to driving without a license. Accused was proceeding from town to Featherston, and swerved on a straight part of the road near the overhead bridges. He struck a bus, and with his front wheels shattered continued for 234 ft before coming to a stop. On the intoxication charge he was sentenced to 14 days with hard labour.
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Evening Star, Issue 23000, 4 July 1938, Page 8
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117COLLISION WITH BUS Evening Star, Issue 23000, 4 July 1938, Page 8
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