In the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington on Thursday, John Byron Hamilton, an American, who had not a license to drive was charged with negligent driving in Adelaide road. It was alleged also that he was under the influence of drink. The facte, were admitted, and the magistrate imposed a fine of £ls. Hamilton was ordered to make good the damage done, and it was decreed that he be disqualified from getting a driver’s license for throe years. New Zealand oonsuinea more petrol per head of population than any country in the world except the United States and Canada. In the United States the consumption in 1924 was, 66 gallons per head, in Canada 29 gallons, in New Zealand 20 gallons, in the United Kingdom 114 gallons, and in Australia 84 gallons.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3755, 2 March 1926, Page 80
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