LIT FIRE ON HONGI'S TRACK
"I am not asking for a heavy fine. The penalty of £100 is particularly heavy, but the Lands Department has asked that this prosecution be taken in order to draw the attention of the public to the fact that fires must not be li on scenic reserves," said SeniorSergeant E. J. Carroll in the Rotorua Magistrate's Court on Thursday, when two Bay of Plenty residents, Roy Harold Stafford Cairns and Eardley Arthur Haultain, were charged with lighting a fire on Hongi's Track, contrary to the Scenery Preservation Act (states a Rotorua correspondent). The senior sergeant said the offence was committed on New Year's Day, when defendants, with their wives and families, formed a picnic party and camped at Hongi's Track and lit a fire to boil a billy. Defendants had stated they did not know they could not light a fire in the locality, although notices were erected at both ends of the reserve. The Magistrate, Mr. S. L. Paterson, imposed a fine of 10s in each case.
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Evening Post, Issue 98, 27 April 1936, Page 10
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173LIT FIRE ON HONGI'S TRACK Evening Post, Issue 98, 27 April 1936, Page 10
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