By Road, Or As The Crow Flies?
Whether a “six-mile radius” was to be considered a straight line distance, or the distance registered by road, was the point at issue in the Police Court this morning, before Mr G. N. Morris, S.M., when the district traffic inspector, Mr F. Watters brought a charge of carrying on a goods service without a license against Wilfred Edgar Lilley and Algar George Lilley. Mr Watters stated that the service had been operated outside the sixmile radius from the Whangarei Post Office. The actual distance from the post office to Lilley’s gate was 6 4-10 miles.
Within Five Miles. Mr R. K. Trimmer (defending): You don’t need a license in the sixmile area? Mr Watters: No. Mr Trimmer: The Act says within a radius of six miles. Your measurement is by road. Would you be surprised to know that Lilley’s gate is within a live-mile radius of the Post Office? The magistrate, dismissing the charges, stated that there was no doubt the Act meant the six-mile limit to be taken as a straight line.
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Northern Advocate, 20 June 1938, Page 5
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180By Road, Or As The Crow Flies? Northern Advocate, 20 June 1938, Page 5
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