NAMED NAUTICAL ROADHOG

Taranaki Daily News, 8 February 1934, Page 4

NAMED NAUTICAL ROADHOG

DANGEROUS DRIVING CHARGE NAVAL MAN DITCHES HIS CAR. FINE AND DISQUALIFICATION. By Telegraph—Press Association. Blenheim, Last Night. Described by the magistrate, Mr. T. E. Maunsell, as a “nautical roadhog,” SubLieutenant Home R. A. Kidston, R.N., on charges of dangerous driving on the Picton Road on January 2 was fined £2O. His license was cancelled and he was disqualified from driving for two years. Kidston did not appear and was not represented. A witness said Kidston drove a racing car at 60 to 70 miles an hour and crashed into a ditch. The car was replaced on the road, but less than a mile further, on it was again ditched. The car was going altogether too fast. Replying to the magistrate witness said Kidston was sober but evidently expected a straight road whereas the road actually was fully of curves. The magistrate, describing Kidston as a “nautical roadhog,” said: “I must put a stop to this gentleman. We are not going to have him driving about the country like this.” The police said Kidston had substantial means and a fine would be no deterrent, whereupon the magistrate cancelled his license as well as imposing a £2O fine, and disqualified Kidston from driving for two years.