SEQUEL TO COLLISION
MAORI YOUTH HEAVILY FINED (Per United Press Association.) HAWERA, December 13. A Maori named Thompson Waiwiri, aged 20, pleaded guilty to-day to a charge of intoxication while in charge of a motor lorry and was fined £2O and prohibited from holding a license for 12 months. It was revealed that Waiwiri had never held a license. He; admitted having had 15 “ handles ” of beer in a few hours at Manaia township prior to colliding with a stationary vehicle. He contended that the accident was due to defective steering gear. i
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22136, 14 December 1933, Page 10
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