WOMAN’S DEATH
CAR DRIVER CHARGED
AUCKLAND, August 12.
. Frederick Nicholas Lindblom, aged 37, an electrician, was committed to the Supreme Court for trial on a charge of negligently driving a motor car on the Great South Road, on May. thereby causing the death of Ivy Cavenett. The evidence showed that a party of four, after attending a Saturday bight card party and dance, drove to Kllerslie for supper in a car driven hv Lindblom. When approaching a tramcar, Lindblom appeared to lose control of the oar and a head-on collision resulted. Mrs Cavenett died later in hospital. The husband of deceased, William George Cavenett, a war pensioner, said that his wife left home saying she was going to a dance. Lindblom pleaded not guilty, and was committed for trial. On a charge of "driving without a license, Lindblom was fined £1 and costs.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 August 1937, Page 7
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