MOTOR VICTIMS

Grey River Argus, 30 July 1935, Page 7

MOTOR VICTIMS

Girl Killed (Per As^ocß'tion) TAUMARUNUI, July 29. As the resu’t of a car driven by Don Blair going over the bank at Piriaka, yesterday afternoon, and falling a hundred feet. Doris Jarvia. seventeen, single, daughter of H. L. Jarvis, of Manunui, died in the hospital last night from severe injuries Io the chest. Blair and Mr and Mrs H. Hedley, passengers, suffered minor injuries, and were ad mif tel to the hospital. HAiHLTON, July 29. The death occurred this morning, of Ernest McCluteheon Tapp. gardener, 45, who was admitted to the hospital on June 22nd. as the result of being knocked down by a truck driven by John Henry Mahoocl. one tho Cambridge road. The truck did not' stop. Mahood being arrested a week hater at Putaruru, appearing at the Hamil ton Court last week, charged with negligently driving causing bodily harm. He was) committed for trial and also fined £lO for failing to stop, and reporting the accident. Tapp who received severe injuries, never fully regained consciousness.

DANGER OF DRINK. IN ANY QUANTITY. LONDON, July 28. The “Sun-Herald” say. 9: Motorists throughout the country are indignant at the British Medical Association’s special committee’s report lu The Minister of Transport fo’lowng experiments, that a motorist will react even to a small quantity of alcohol. The Committee reported that' three ounces of whisky was sufficient to impair a driver’s efficiency by twenty per cent. An adverse effect genera 11 v occurs even if alcohol is taken iu moderate qantities some hours before driving. The mol’orists declare that the Committeeattempt at compulsory 1 ee.tatalism for a 1! drivers is too sweeping. The Automobile ’Association says that scientific, deductions have no legislative weight- The responsibility ]•( st.s» with the individual. A stimulant may improve the driving ability of a tired mot'orist. and have the opposite effect' on a motorist not accm«tomed to alcohol.