“OUTRAGE OF JUSTICE”

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 233, 14 September 1934, Page 4

“OUTRAGE OF JUSTICE”

Transport Regulation

HASTINGS SUPPORTS NELSON

A letter asking for support of the following resolution m relation to legislation which the writers described as "sn outrage against the principles of British national justice'’ was received from the. Nelson City Council by the Hastings Borough Council recently, and was before the Hastings council at its meeting last evening:— “That the council record a most emphatic protest against the provisions contained in section 17, sub-sections 2 and 3 of the Transport Law Amendment Act-, 1933, which are as follows; “Sub-Section 2; Ail appeals duly lodged but not determined before the passing of this Act shall bo determined by the Transport Co-ordination Board, and shall be heard and determined notwithstanding that any member nf the board may have been a member of any licensing authority against whose decision the appeal was lodged. “Sub-Section 3: The board in determining any appeal shall not be bound to hear any person or to take any evidence, or to receive any representations from any person.” The Mayor, Mr G. A. Maddison, said that the provisions pointed out by the Nelson body seemed extremely unusual. They were quite contrary to Court procedure as they know it. On Mr Maddison's motion it was decided to support the Nelson protest.