FIFTY MILES AN HOUR.
’ MOTORIST SENT TO GAOL. (BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.) ' - DUNEDIN, Sept. 29.. At the Police Court, Walter Fraser Sherriff Harneiss was given a total of six months’ gaol on charges of drunkenness while in charge of a motor-car, unlawfully converting a car to his own use,"and damaging the car. The police evidence showed 'that a car was commandeered by accused at the top of Dowling Street. It was driven downhill at 50 miles an hour and crashed into a building. It was mentioned that during the past few ; weeks five motors commandeered in an identical way.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 30 September 1924, Page 5
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99FIFTY MILES AN HOUR. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 30 September 1924, Page 5
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