STREET HAWKING.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 149, 23 June 1906, Page 7

STREET HAWKING.

• At the Police Court yesterday afternoon hamiifl Jlobinson, a street hawker. •.wax i-lmrgwl nuder tlie by-law* of the iky t'oumil with crying his wares in yui'i-n-streei to tht , obstruction of traffic. Mr. X. (otter, who appeared on beha-li I, •■ the City Council, stated that they simIv desired a ruling as to tue rights of i'iiiiwkerß under ihe by-law. Constable '■ llnrfit stated that Robinson stood for ter I rr. irur.es near the cornrr of Queen nnd ' tr'liniiliind streets without making anj '-a!. , . Half a dozen people confrresrated in front of Uie barrow, the panacrs-by bo liner thus obstructed. Mr. Otter saic I thai there would b:> no objection to a ! l.awk'-r standing in tlie street so long as '!» continued selling, bnt as soon as he icinplrted hi? sale he inu=t proceed. t Sub-Inspector Gordon fltotwi that he lmd fruquvutly seen defendant standing i m the Rtroet. lie and others were a pnrifect nuisnnie. They ha.l almost a n-ffu-i i.ir .stand, and their narrows were, so ' h,r"u that they were practically shops. I The nu'u shouted nut their wares and K-DUfPd a. trreat daxl of annojancc. U'Ueiidant stated that he was hemmed in In a motor-t-.ir ami v pile of boxes, and tculd not set frtU owing to the stream 01 leain.4 which run up the street. H-3 knew that be was standing there, too long, but .cuuld not got out withoul runnins a i risk of aceidtiit. H ; s Worship wuld not beln?w that de- : tendant was bo blocked that wanting to j«et away he could not. Ik had brckci: The by-law, but as Mr. Cotter aid not j urosa 'for a heavy ppnalty he would milict a ibie of only 2/6, the cost, (3U/) being ' bcavj- Defena-.iut and otlier hawkers ! must ' understand that they could only I stop tor sufficient time lo sell their wares If they pot, a succession of eustoolurs for half an hour U.ry were quit. within their lights in rcmaiaing in tto !,, ne position, but they must uot stanc ; .,,lule waiting ior customerß. The pre 1 «nt ™ S e would sf-rve as a wanung. I I vhc present defendant or any other hawk fcarae before the Court he would rx l.n r' -,-vercly dealt with, the maxiuiun ii , bein- £20 The default in the pre- < ■"■ It SWS hour, hnrd labour. r'S-S^nti'-nihawtogotogaoiror ! W Th?ll^rate:^ou r mgoto S a<>l, jif you -ro tor breaking the law.'