MOTORING FATALITY.
EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST. [by telegbafh.— pbess ASSOCIATION.] GISBORNE, Tuesday. The inquest was resumed to-day. concerning the death of Athol Bertie Rhodes, a returned soldier who died from injuries following a collision between a motor-car driven by a 15-year-old girl, Mary Leslie, and a motor-cyle ridden by Rhodes. An witness stated that the motorcar was driven at not less than 25 miles an hour.
A girl, who was a passenger in tin, car with Mary Leslie, stated in evidence that Leslie was driving with care and at a slow speed all the time. As one witness could not get into town on account of rough roads, the inquest was further adjourned for a week
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17594, 6 October 1920, Page 6
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