INQUEST ON SCHOOLBOY.
CONVEYANCE CONDEMNED BY CORONER (By Telegraph—Press Association). BLENHEIM, This Day. When returning a verdict at the inquest that John William Barr, aged seven years, died as the result of head Mjuriea received in a fall from a moving school bus near Seddon, on November 21st, the coroner, Mr. E. J. Hill, added'a rider condemning the vehicle as unsuitable for the purpose of conveying young children. The coroner added that he could not see that the driver of the bus was to be blamed. If there was any blame, it was in the method of transport of the children and there w r as much need for improvement. The coroner undertook to forward the recommendations to the Transport Department that'vehicles of such a type should not be licensed for the purpose of which this bus was used.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 December 1938, Page 5
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139INQUEST ON SCHOOLBOY. Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 December 1938, Page 5
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