REPLY MADE TO CORONER
INQUEST ON CHRISTCHURCH GIRL TRAM MANAGER’S EXPLANATION. By Telegraph.—Frees Association.. Christchurch, Jap. 26. The manager of the Tramway Board has replied to the coroner’s comment on the refusal of a tramway employee to make a statement to the- police concerning an accident. “There has evidently been some misunderstanding in the matter as a • result of the motorman being away on account of sickness and because the Tramways Board solicitor was on holiday/’ he said. “It has been the practice of the board to supply the names and addresses of a witness to the police, as was done in this case, and it was a complete surprise to hear that the police had not secured a copy of the motorman’s statement to the board, which was available.” " ’ .
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 January 1933, Page 9
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