A DANGEROUS ACTION.
CASE AS A WARNING. Per Press Association. DANNEVIRKE, This Day. In the Magistrate's Court, a young man named C. Stratford was charged with wilfully throwing a piece of wire over a high tension electric wire at Kiritaki. Counsel for the Public Works Department, said the case was brought as a warning that people must not interfere with the Mangahao power wires. As* a result of defendant's action the power had been temporarily shut .off. Defendant explained that while crossing the Kiritaki stream with a bicycle a piece of wire became lodged in the wheel. He removed it and threw the wire into the air. It lodged on the electric power lines. Had he known that the wire would have Caused danger he would have informed the Power Board. He was convicted and ordered to pay the costs of repairing the damage, £3, also court costs 15s. An application for the suppression of the name was refused by Magistrate Stout.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume LVIII, Issue 49, 26 March 1926, Page 5
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162A DANGEROUS ACTION. Stratford Evening Post, Volume LVIII, Issue 49, 26 March 1926, Page 5
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