DRUNKEN DRIVERS
Concern At Low Fines (N.Z. Press Association) WHANGAREI, Oct. 1. Concern about the reduction of sentences by the Supreme Court on drinking drivers was expressed by the New Zealand Federation of Housewives at an executive meeting in Whangarei today. The federation is especially concerned about the substitution of fines for imprisonment and has written to the Minister of Transport and the Minister of Justice protesting about the intention of the Government to suppress the names of some persons convicted of drunken driving. In view of the increase in convictions—232 in 1962, 290 in 1963 and 301 in 1964, members asked that imprisonment be imposed and that the federation’s concern at the reckless loss of life in these cases be conveyed to the courts. It asks that the Government introduce compulsory blood and breath tests, in all accident cases and in all cases of suspected drunken driving. The federation will also write to Mr S. Hardy. S.M., who recently warned at a Hamilton Rotary Club meeting about “the nut behind the wheel,” supporting his statements.
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30561, 2 October 1964, Page 2
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