DANGEROUS DRIVING
COURT CANCELS LICENSE. “A N'AI "ITCAL ROAD HOG.” [ Per Press Association. I BLENHEIM, Feb. 7. Described by the magistrate, Mr. Maunscll, as “a nautical road hog.’’ Sub Lieutenant R. H. 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 for two years. He did not appear ami was not represented, A witness said the defendant drove a lacing car at 60 to 70 miles an hour and crashed into a ditch. The rar was replaced on the road, but less than a mile further on it wrns again ditched, through going too fast. Replying to the magistrate, witness said the defendant was sober, but evidently expected a straight road, whereas actually it was full of curves. The Magistrate: I must put a atop tc this gentleman, and I am not going have him driving about the country like this. The police said the defendant had substantial means, and a fine would be no deterrent, whereupon the magistrate cancelled his license and disqualified him from getting another for two years.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 34, 9 February 1934, Page 7
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188DANGEROUS DRIVING Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 34, 9 February 1934, Page 7
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