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SPEED OF DOCTOR'S MOTOR-CAR
DANDFNONC1 Monday - Ilcglnold Spencer Ellery mcdlcnl practitioner of Collins street Melbourne uns charged nt tho Dandenong Court of Pott) Sessions to da) before Mt Wilkins PM and honorary Justices ultu lim lug drh cn a motor car through Dandelion), at a speed dangerous to the public He was also charged ve It)) liming allowed lils motor car to make an offensive noise Dr Ellery plondcd no1 guilt) lo both charges
It »as stated in cvldenco that Dr Filer) drove Ills car along the main street at SO milos nn hour mid that the car made n loud noise
Dr rllery admitted that he rirovo his car through the tonn at 15 milos nn hour but denied that ho had driven dangerously The brakes on his rar «ere very efficient and ho had had the silencer on the exhaust rccon structcd so as to elltnlntitc noise
Announcing n conviction on both charges Mr V, llkins said the Deuch considered that a speed of i"i miles nn hour through a town lil e Dandenong was dangerous
Dr Hier) »as lined ii on the charge of having driven at n dangerous speed and £1 tor having allotted his cor to make an ofltnslic
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