CARS AND DRIVERS

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 March 1930, Page 7

CARS AND DRIVERS

DEATH AT THE WHEEL. [pep. press association.] WELLINGTON, March 28. An elderly "'man, George John Startup, had a seizure and died at the wheel, while driving a car on the Hutt Road late last night. The car began to swerve, but Mrs. Startup, who was in the front seat, managed to get control, and stopped it, just as it was about to crash into a post. Only slight injuries were done. An ambulance car came by, and after some time, doctors were procured, but could do nothing, as life was extinct. LICENSE CANCELLED. MARTON, March 26. On a charge of being drunk in charge of a car, his second offence within a few months, C. F. Andrews was fined £5O and his license cancelled for three years. DRUNKEN TAXI-DRIVER. AUCKLAND, March 27. William Malcolm, aged 29, taxidriver, was 4 to-day sent to gaol for one month, for being in a. state of intoxication while in charge of his car, in Upper Queen Street on Sunday morning last. “Here is a taxi driver who was drunk and who has been twice before the Court,” said Mr Hunt. “Probation is out of the question. He is sentenced to one month’s imprisonment and I direct that no license to drive a car be issued to him for three years. He is fortunate that I do not make it three months.”