A case at the Hamilton Magistrate's Court on Monday served to illustrate the conservatism of the Hamilton Borough Council in re;.;: l ™ to the speed of motor car.s, when 11. S. Bates was charged with bavin;: driven a car at a speed greater th:ui eigth miles an hour. The Magistrate, in giving his decision, declared himself satisfied as to the unreasonableness of the by-law, which placed no limit on the speed of other vrhices He himself had that day driven his car through the town at ei;;kt in Ins an hour, and it was all he i.vuid do to keep his engine runi:ine\ -f ' : tich hyhivvs were enforced, ti:e mi.ior Yrkiekvehicle asvai'.i. In France, it, was said, the only charrro hud (town to Ihe motorist. \v::s that lie should drive at "a reasonable speed/' Ilis YVoiship said the Iterooaih Council should have been present to defend the by-law, and the case was dismissed.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 437, 7 February 1912, Page 5
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