BREACH OF BOROUGH BYLAWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXI, Issue LXII, 6 May 1912, Page 7

BREACH OF BOROUGH BYLAWS.

REMARKS BY THE MAGISTRATE. \

Harry Laurent, a lad, was charged m the Magistrate's Court this morning .with having ridden his bicycle along the Collins street footpath, .contrary to the borough by-laws. Defendant pleaded guilty. The Magistrate (Mr Kenrick): Is this his first offence?

Sergeant Griffith: Yes, sir. He added that defendant had just started work, .and hcd promised that he would not do it again.

The Magistrate, in addressing the defendant, said he was only going to convict him on this occasion. Apparently it was quite a common practice for everybody to ride their bicycles on the footpath in Hawera. He understood that the Borough Council had no inspector of nuisances to check the riding of bicycles and motor cycles on foot* paths, the driving of horses and cattle, also on the footpaths, which was particularly noticeable on Sundays about vchurch time. Defendant's offence was no worse than those committed by others, and until Hawera appointed an officer such as he had mentioned, it could not be expected that the practice complained of could be effectively stopped. The local authority .could not expect the police to do the whole of the 'work, of this kind; they did their best and brought up offenders when seen. The police had a lot of work to do outside of the by-laws, which Should really devolve upon an inspector of muisances. In smaller towns than Hawera there were inspectors who did really good work in looking after the .collection of the dog registration fees, the stopping of horses being driven at night and the riding of bicycles on the footpaths. There would be plenty of work for an officer of this kind in a town the size of Hawera, judging by what he had seen and from complaints made to him, and appearing in the Press. The horse nuisance was unusually bad. Defendant had committed an offence against the by-law which was not enforced as it might be. But the police did their best—they could not be everywhere—and it could not be expected that thew could do the whole of this class of work. There should be an inspector in the employment of the local body. He would merely enter a conviction in the present instance.

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