SPEEDED PAST SCHOOL
MOTORIST’S DANGEROUS DRIVING FINED AND LICENCE SUSPENDED (Per United Press Association) AUCKLAND, Dec. 1, Charged with driving a motor car in a manner which might have been dangerous to the public, Thomas Curtis appeared in the Magistrate’s Court before Mr C. R. Orr Walker. S.M. D. A. Gray, a master at Dilworth School on the Great South road, said that the defendant passed the schc il at 45 miles an hour while witness was wailing to take a party of boys across the road. The defendant said that the accelerator pedal of his car became disconnected with the result that the car speeded up temporarily. The magistrate said he could not accept the explanation and imposed a fine of £5 and costs, and suspended the defendant’s licence for two months, saying that he did so to warn other motorists against speeding past schools.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19371202.2.160
Bibliographic details
Otago Daily Times, Issue 23364, 2 December 1937, Page 21
Word Count
146SPEEDED PAST SCHOOL Otago Daily Times, Issue 23364, 2 December 1937, Page 21
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Otago Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in