CARELESS MOTORING.
HOST FAYS GUEST’S DAMAGES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LONDON, December 1. A peculiar case of guests suing a friend who had given them a motor drive, resulted in Miss Elsie Hawes and Miss Edith Butler being awarded £2900 against Miss Ada Bransby Williams, daughter of the well-known Dickens impersonator. Miss Williams was driving the two girls in her brother’s ear at a speed of from thirty to forty miles an hour when the car overturned through striking a pig. The .jury decided that the driver was guilty of negligence, and awarded Miss Hawes (who was terribly injured) £2OOO, and Miss Butler £9OO.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 16906, 4 December 1922, Page 4
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108CARELESS MOTORING. Star (Christchurch), Issue 16906, 4 December 1922, Page 4
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