PARKING PLACES
AUTOMOBILE CLUB WANTS MORE.
A complaint by the Wellington Automobile Club that the bylaw which prohibited the leaving of motor-cars unattended m certain parts of the city for more than one hour was unreasonable was put forward by Mr. P. H. Putnam in the Magistrate's Court yesterday afternoon when H. J. Stott was charged with an offence under the bylaw in that he left his car unattended in Panama street. "One would assume that the local authority would provide suitable parking accommodation in these blocks," said Mr. Putnam. "The position now is that there are about three to four times as many cars as there is accommodation for. The matter is now so serious that the Bylaws Committee of the City Council has not exactly instructed its traffic inspectors to overlord, many offences, but has, at least, told them that it would be unreasonable to prosecute. Only last week the Bylaws Committee toured these particular areas for the purpose of increasing parking accommodation. The man of business must have a car, but there is no parking place handy to the Post Office. As a result, the business man cannot use his car without running the risk of prosecution. " "There is a parking place in Grey street with room for only eight or t_n' cars," continued counsel, "and another on Wellington Terrace. There is another in Hunter street now, which was not provided when this prosecution was instituted. Two more parking places are in Willeston street and in Customhouse quay, but all these parking places have accommodation for only about 70 cars. I submit it is practically impossible to comply with the bylaw, and would respectfully suggest that the. Court should merely enter a conviction. It is almost impossible to get on the parking places at all, although the position will be improved in about a fortnight." The Magistrate (Mr. J. H. Salmon, 5.M.,) remarked that the bylaws were framed by the authorities and the Court had to abide by, thorn. Tho defendant was convicted and fined 10s.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 90, 13 October 1926, Page 9
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339PARKING PLACES Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 90, 13 October 1926, Page 9
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