OFFENCE TO CROSS NARROW BRIDGE
WHILE OTHER TRAFFIC MAKING USE OF SAME. Under the West Coast County by- i laws it is an offence for a motorist to j cross over a bridge with a less width of 16 feet, while there is already traffic on the bridge. As a result of complaints received a watch was kept on the bridge over . the Manawatu River at Ashhurst with the result that two offenders were caught and they appeared before the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Wm. Bell admitted the offence but pleaded ignorance of the bylaw. Ho was fined 10s and 10s costs. Reginald Miles did not appear to answer the charge preferred against him. Constable Fischer stated in evidence that the Ashhurst bridge was only 12 feet wide and defendant crossed while two girls, riding a horse, were already on the bridge. Defendant was fined 10s with 10s costs. On a second charge of having no driver's license, Miles w r as fined a like amount.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6550, 6 March 1928, Page 10
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165OFFENCE TO CROSS NARROW BRIDGE Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6550, 6 March 1928, Page 10
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