INQUIRY ASKED

Grey River Argus, 22 August 1934, Page 5

INQUIRY ASKED

Motor Accident A HOSPITAL BOARD’S CHARGE. TIMARU, August 21. Th e following resolution was carriel, at the meeting of the Hospital Board to-day:— “That the South Canterbury Hospital Board views 1 with alarm the amount of work thrown upon the public hospitals in New Zealand as the i’esult of motor accidents, and is further distressed by the increasing number of fatalities resulting from such accidents.” (2) “We approve of care being taken in the inspections of cars, lights, and brakes to minimise accidents. (3) “W e view with unease the connexion of the Timaru Hospital with a recent fatal acc-ident, wherein evidence was given at the inquest, that the driver had been drinking at the House Surgeon’s rooms immediately prior to the accident, and was the worse of liquor on arrival at the rooms

(4) “We note with concern that the evidence as to insobriety given at the inquest was not called in the Supreme Court, and we draw attention of the Justice Department to this, as calling for investigation, in the interests of public safety.”