ACCIDENT IN GORGE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23155, 29 September 1938, Page 19

ACCIDENT IN GORGE

appeal court action RULES ON DANGEROUS BENDS [UY TKM'.CKAT'H —I'ftKSS ASSOCIATION] "W ELLING TON, AVednestla y Tl.o Appeal Court continued tho hearing of .the rase Dickinson and Company. Limited, against the Mount Cook and Southern Lakes Jounst Company to-day. , The ease arises out of an accident irt'tho Kawarau Gorge, between Cromwell and Queenstown. A Mount Cook Com pa n v service car, driven by All. \ G AVi«dey, and ft motor-ear driven i )V Air J li. Suisted. manager tor John Dickinson and Company, met on a bond, and the service car fell into the owe. At the Supreme Court hearin" The Mount Cook Company, Air. Wicrlcv and ft passenger obtained damaeos of Mr. Smstcd and John Dickinson and Company are appealing from Mr. Justice Northcrolt s judgment at this hearing. . At to-dav's hearing, Mr. Anderson, for respondents, contended that m the rise of a dangerous comer the usual rules as to the position of cars on tin? road do not apply and that J\lr. Wielcv was not negligent m driving awav from the extreme outside edge of tho road. Ho contended that the extent of Mr. Suisted's swerve after seeing tl.o service, car indica cl that he was previously in the middle oi tin., road. Judgment was reserved.