TAXI DRIVERS’ DISPUTE
“Storm In A Tea Cup”
A dispute between two Lyttelton taxi drivers, over the allocation of a taxi fare on the evening of January 10, resulted in the appearance in the Magistrate’s Court, Lyttelton, before Mr E. A. Lee, S.M., of John William Drew and John Leslie Smith.
According to the complainant, Smith, who alleged he had been struck by Drew, the matter had now been amicably settled and good relations had been re-estab-lished between them both. Mr W. F. Brown, who appeared for Drew, said that the matter seemed to have been a storm in a teacup and it had now blown over. The charge was dismissed under Section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act of 1954, with costs only. LICENSING OFFENCES Charged with being found unlawfully on licensed premises on December 24, at Lyttelton, Peter McGeachie was fined £3. TRAFFIC OFFENCES Driving without due care and attention: Errol William Gibson, convicted and ordered to pay witnesses’ expenses £l. NOXIOUS WEEDS Fines were imposed on the following for a breach of the Noxious Weeds Act; Martha Doris Harkess, £5 Barry Francis Norris, £5; Dennis Williams, convicted only.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29749, 16 February 1962, Page 14
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