"HARASSING"

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 132, 7 June 1930, Page 8

"HARASSING"

THE CARD BYLAW WHY IT WAS MADE Many subjects oi! interest to motorists were discussed at a special general meeting of the members of the Wellington Automobile Club, held last night in the Concert Chamber, when Mr. E. A. Batt, chairman of the executive, presided over an attendance of well over 250 motorists. Amongst the regulations exception was taken to the address card bylaw of the Wellington City Council. "This is another of the city bylaws," said Mr. Batt. They had objected very strongly to the occupation being displayed in the car. The Transport Bill did not go through Parliament last session, and as a consequence the Minister of Transport could not veto the provisions of the bylaw. He raised the question of the visitor who occasionally came to Wellington. He had been informed by Councillor Luekie that that man came under the bylaw. Again the bylaw stressed "business address," and made no mention of private address. Evidently people who had no business address were all right. (Laughter.) A voice: "Luckio's law." The real reason for the bylaw, he said, was that the Government sold the rights of the registration list, aad local bodies had to go, cap in hand, to the Post Office, if they wanted to know the identity of a car that was troubling them. Next session, if the Transport Bill went through, they -would have something to say to the Government. In the meantime, the City Council had "put it over them." Ho understood that some people were objecting, and would not fill in the particulars. The following resolution was carried: "That this special meeting of the members of the Wellington Automobile Club is of the opinion that the Wellington City Council's bylaw' No. 64 is unnecessar}', harassing, and conducive to an increased number of car thefts, and in other ways will possibly eause considerable loss to owners of vehicles."