Unsuccessful Damages Claim
ECHO OF COLLISION BETWEEN CYCLIST AND MOTOR-CAB ** _~ (By Telegraph—Press Association). WELLINGTON, Last Night, An accident in the Hafaitai traffic tunnel, when a lad of 17. bicycling home, was severely injured in a collision with a motor-car, was the subject of an action for damages brougnt be-' fore a common jury in the Wellington Supreme'Court to-day, the Chief Justice being on the bench. Damages .".mounting to £905 .lis (id were unsm-fessi'nUy claimed by Patrick Whitman through his father, .L F. Whitman, a relief worker, from Ivan L'dward Rawnsley, a motor dealer, of Lower Hutt. The accident occurred about seven months ago. The boy was cycling through the tunnel when a motor-horn sounded behind and a ear collided with him. The rider's thigh was broken and Wis leg was permanently shortened. The jury found no negligence on defendant V: part.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 November 1934, Page 8
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141Unsuccessful Damages Claim Horowhenua Chronicle, 17 November 1934, Page 8
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