SPEED ON RAILWAY BRIDGE.
FIFTEEN -MILES AN HOUR-
II AWED A MOTORIST CONVICTED
What was described by Mr. A. K. North as a trivial vase was heard liefere Mr. I?. W. Tate in the Hawera Court- !to-day, when Doris Elizabeth .Geraldine Swa-dling, 'of Hawera, .was charged with exceeding the speed limit when driving a car across the Ngawapurua combined road and railway bridge near Woodville on May 'll. iSergeant 'Henry said that defendant had crossed 'the bridge at 15 miles an hour wherehs the regulation as shown on notices 'posted in the vicinity, provided the rate must net exceed six miles an hour. 'Counsel said that defendant on entering the bridge had unfortunately allowed the near -wheel to get on the wrong side of the line and whs anxious to get to the 'correct side. When s'ome men signalled to her she took it to mean she should hurry on and made haste to get. 'off the bridge. In view of this and that the speed Wad been the reasonable rate of 15 miles an hour counsel asked that no penalty be inflicted. Remarking that regulations hvere made to be” observed, the Magistrate inflicted a fine of £l-and 10s costs.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 12 June 1928, Page 9
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200SPEED ON RAILWAY BRIDGE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 12 June 1928, Page 9
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