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WYNYARD.
At the Wvnyard General1 Sessions
on Wednesday last, before a benfch of
(seven J's.P., Mr. S. W. Margetts
chairman/ a claim and counter-claim
was heard arising out of a motor col
lision on the occasion of the last Wyn
yard races, January 29. The plaintiff
was Alf Bell, who claimed from Jas.
i';:j;Taii £25 damages, and the counter
claim was for £39, which was reduced
bv consent to £30 to 'bring* it within
th-3 jurisdiction of the Court. Mr. J.
AW Hudson appeared for plaintiff, and
(Mr. T. 31. CrJsp (Crisp and Edwards,
Burnie) appeared for defendant.
The evidence was of a conflicting
nature, and the point of the case
hinged around the fact whether (ihe
defendant had actually negotiated the
-corner, or was in the act of turning
when the collision occurred. The de
fence clanne^i that the driver of
?plaintiffs car was driving at ail excess
ive speed and on the wrong side of
the road, and thus was the cause of
the accident.'
The plaintiff counsel contended that
defendant had not adhered to the mot
or regulations, which states that when
? two cars approaeu an intersection, tne
man with the -other car upon his right
hand shall pull up to allow the other
to pass.
The benoli adjourned to view the
scene of the accident, and again later
to review the evidence. Upon resum
ing, the chairman said that they were
unanimously, of the opinion, that tho
collision was a pure accident, and both
claim and counter-claim would -be dis
missed, both parties to pay their own
costs. '
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