Two inquests were held Public Mortuary on November by Judge Ko and Mr. M. Hasegawa, ior Consul's Deputy, over the Dodies of two victims to motor ac~ cidents.
The first of these occurred at 2.50 pam. on November 6 at the corner of Hart and Bubbling Well Roads. It appears that the deceased attempted to cross the road in front of a motor car driven by. Lieut. Hopking, of the Suffolk Regiment, and, in doing '$0, was knocked down. There not sufficient time for the driver of the car to pull up.
Lieut. Hopking said that while he could not consider himself in any way to blame for the accident, he was prepared to give a compassion ate grant of $100 to the family of the deceased and an additional $20 for the funeral expenses, This offer was accepted.
The Court then returned a verdict that deceased came to his death through 2 motor accident but no. Blame attached to the driver of the car, There was nothing to show
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