OVER-LOADED LORRIES.
STIFF FINES IMPOSED
INSPECTOR'S LONELY VIGIL,
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
- .. ROTORUA, Wednesday.- |j Some' substantial fines \rere imposed Ij for overloading motor lorries, by Mr. I •S. L. Paters.on; S.M., on' Tuesday. The I cases were brought against G. McDonald, I cartage contractor, by tho Eotorua I traffic inspector. In one instance he- j, found- two lorries each loaded with 25 | benzine containers. Later he had his j suspicious aroused, and he spent tha . night watching oil the Mamaku Hills, j ■ with.the result.that he caught McDonald j in the early dawn with a load of 6, ton a 13ewt. ■ . . . ' ■'• "■ :■ | : In. the first case the magistrate .fined | each of the defendants £5, wit" costs 1 amounting to £10 4/. In the | which lie considered" a far tobre .serious j oSe,asa.warniig^dbeen|i^ l vh e | fined McDonaM;,£lo,w.tI J ,lO/costs. |
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 227, 25 September 1930, Page 9
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138OVER-LOADED LORRIES. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 227, 25 September 1930, Page 9
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