An explosion in a kerosene stove on a scow at the mouth of the Tamaki Rive* resulted in five members of a picnic party receiving- burns, and Mrs Jane Smith, Hulston road, Mount Eden, -was removed, to tha Hospital i a a serious condition. A taxi driver was charged at the Wellington Court for demanding a fare in excess of the legal tariff. The driver charged 6s 6d where 5s was tho fare. The magistrate said that where there was a doubt there was an obligation on the drivers to ascertain the legal fare before making theirj demand. Defendant was lined £2.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3488, 18 January 1921, Page 37
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