Leslie Burton STYLES [6884]

  General Notes:

(Headstone Image Courtesy Kapiti Coast District Council)

1912/9008 Styles Leslie Burton, Emily Annie, George Burton (born 4 June 1912)
1972/35765 Styles Leslie Burton born 4 June 1912 (died 15 June 1972)

Occupation: Dairy Farmer

Evening Post 23 November 1932
HORSES BEHAVIOUR
SUPREME COURT ACTION
Further evidence about the habits of a horse which bolted on a Te Horo farm and upset a spring cart was heard in the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon and to-day at the hearing of the action, for damages brought by Reuben Oscar Knight, aged 15, through his father, against a farmer, Rupert Henry Knight. As a result of the accident, Reuben Knight's right thigh was fractured, and he suffered other injuries. He claimed 65 weeks' wages, totalling £165, hospital and medical expenses, and £300 general damages.
At the conclusion of the evidence and after hearing the impressions of counsel (Mr. "P. J. O'Regan" for the plaintiff and Mr. W. E. Leicester for the defendant), the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers) reserved his decision.
A number of Te Horo residents, called as witnesses by the plaintiff, said that they did not regard the horse as suitable for any purpose other than ploughing. One-of the witnesses, Leslie Burton. Styles, said that after the accident the horse was sent to Manakau. It was now back on Mr. Knight's farm, and was in poor condition.
Mr. Leicester: Perhaps it is grieving over the accident.
George Burton Styles, another witness for the plaintiff, admitted that he had offered to buy the horse after the accident with a view to disposing of it to a Lower Hutt carrier and making some money on the sale. The horse was high-spirited, and might be called by some people "mad-headed but his view was that it would be all right if given constant work. The carrier he had in mind as a prospective buyer would have found suitable work for the horse, which would have made it safe.
It was admitted by the defence that at other times the horse had bolted from a standing position, but not, until the accident, while it was being driven by the defendant. The evidence was that the horse was in no way unsafe to drive in a spring cart, and that the defendant had no reason to believe that it was unsafe to drive.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 257, 30 October 1935
BOY CYCLIST INJURED.
COLLISION WITH LORRY.
By Telegraph.-Own Correspondent.)
TAUMARUNUI, this day.
A boy named Leslie Styles, aged 16, met with a serious accident yesterday afternoon in the main He was returning to work on a bicycle and collided with a large motor lorry driven by A. J. Taylor, of Ongarue. He was unconscious when picked up and was later removed to hospital, where it was found that lie was suffering from a fractured skull. An operation was performed last night, and this morning the injured lad was making a good recovery.

Kapiti Coast District Council
Cemetery Details:
Record ID: 03LAWN112
Surname: STYLES
First names: LESLIE BURTON
Age: 0 years
Occupation: DAIRY FARMER
Cemetery: Otaki
Block: LAWN
Plot type: Full Burial
Plot number 1: 112
Area: Public Lawn
Denomination: Anglican
Clergy: REV DEMPSEY
Funeral Director: Harvey & Son

NZSG Indexed Probates
Name: STYLES Leslie Burton
Place: Te Horo
Occupation: Retired
Death Date:
Court: Wellington
Agency: AAOM
Series: 6031
Accession:
Probate Number: 1495/72
Filed Date: 27 Nov 1972
Type: Intestate (Letters of Administration)
Comments:
Further enquiries to: Archives NZ - Wellington

  Other Records

• Leslie Burton Styles: Administration 02, 1972, Wellington Registry.
(courtesy Wellington Archives)

• Leslsie Burton Styles: Administration 01, 1972, Wellington Registry.
(courtesy Wellington Archives)

Leslie married Marion Wilkins FIRMAN [12478] [MRIN: 4623]. (Marion Wilkins FIRMAN [12478] was born on 3 Jul 1905 in New Zealand, died on 24 Apr 1978 in New Zealand and was buried in Otaki Cemetery, New Zealand.)