DEATH OF A CONSTABLE.
MOTOR-CYCLE AND TRAM. DECEASED ONLY AT FAULT. [I)Y TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT. ] DUNEDIN. Monday. " The evidence shows that the only one at fault was the unfortunate deceased and no blame is attachable to the motorman," said the coroner, Mr. J. R. Bartholomew, in returning a verdict of accidental death at the adjourned inquest this morning into the death of Constable Malcolm John Clarke, aged 25 years, who died from injuries after being knocked down by a trarncar on March Si. A verdict was returned that deceased's death was due to injuries caused by an accidental collision with a tramcar while he was riding a motor-cycle.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19604, 5 April 1927, Page 11
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