CONVERTED MOTORS
Severer Penalties Wanted By Telegraph—Press Association. Ilawera, November 25. “The. inadequacy of the penalty for, conversion of a motor-car has been taken up by this Association! We propose to continue our representations to the Government until the law provides a proper penalty,” said Air. S. C. Toliks, president, at the annual meeting of the South Taranaki Automobile Association. “The maximum enalty is a fine of £2O or imprisonment for three months. The penalty for stealing a horse or a sheep is up to 14 years’ imprisonment. Yet should a motor-car be converted, left, burnt or damaged, the thieves in many cases get off with a fine of £5. Our altitude should commend itself to every “Mk h” G. Dickie, M.P., said he had broached’ the subject in the the Minister'of Justice had promised an investigation.
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Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 53, 26 November 1930, Page 9
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137CONVERTED MOTORS Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 53, 26 November 1930, Page 9
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