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then called Walter Spencer Allen, proprietor of the. Gisborne Garage j who stated that the truck had net been frequently in the garage. . Assuming the driver was satisfactory, he would not expect tile truck .to be often in the garage ior repairs. He would not deny that he told counsel that on the basis of the Power Board lorries there must be something wrong with the truck. He had offered to allow' his mechanic to make, un examination under conditions 'the* truck was running. . . Arthur H. Rawson, head mechanic of the Gisborne Garage, said that, one night lie was called out to attend the truck and siarted it up immediately and drove it to the gar?... age and dunked up the c.'.rburelfor ar,d ignition. He admitted it was likely he had told defendant there, was something wrong with the truck but he could not find.it. Defendant had instructed him to go as far as dismantling the engine' to find the cause of. the fault, but the symptoms of the trouble as described to him did not justify .that .course. He. would not expect that the junk., heat? packing would have to be renewed, when only 7000 miles had been covered. lie had tested the truck over the Hospital Hill, travelling as faras the bad bend at top on top gear. At this stage the hearing was adjourned until 9 a.m. to-day to enable counsel for the defence to call a witness who was not able' to arrjT®' in town yesterday.