“FACED MUSIC LIKE A MAN.”

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18208, 15 July 1927, Page 1

“FACED MUSIC LIKE A MAN.”

MOTORIST RECEIVES A LIGHTER FINE FOR NEGLIGENT DRIVING. I “ I am making the fine a light one because you have been fair to the boy and have faced the music like a man,” said Mr E. D. Mosley, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court to-day, in fining Hayden F. Cheesman €3 and costs for negligently driving a motorcar on Riccarton Road. i Senior-Sergeant Martin sai v * ; fendant had collided with a telegraph i boy who was cycling in the same direc- I : tion near Konini Street. There were j 1 coming towards defendant a tram and , j two motor-cars on the off side of it. I i A telegraph messenger named Jlan-i i sen. fifteen years of age, who walked into the box with the aid of crutches, said that he was cycling at from four to six feet from the side-channel when defendant knocked him clown from the rear. Witness had been in hospital for a week with a broken ankle. Defendant had visited him several times and [ had promised to replace his bicycle. Defendant, who pleaded not guilty, j said that another car had come sud | denly from behind two other cars, the strong lights of which were focussed high and prevented him from seeing ahead. He pulled in towards the sidechannel for the cars to pass, but as he did so he noticed the boy on a bicycle immediately in front of his mudguard. Though swerving again, defendant could not avoid striking the rear wheel of the bicycle, tie had made arrangements to compensate the boy. He was driving at about twelve miles an hour at the time.

ence to argue the two weeks’ residen tial qualification, and was satisfied on that point, but Rule 43 throws a different light on the question. In reply to a question, Mr M’Kenzie stated that the matter was not brought before the New Zealand Management Committee on Wednesday night, though they all expected that something would be forthcoming.