UNCUSTOMED BICYCLE.
A CAPTAIN FINED .£25.
[by TELEGRAPH. association.]
Timartt, Monday. At the Magistrate's Court this morning, Captain Milne, of the s.s. Tweeddale, was fined £25 for bringing an uncustomed bicycle ashore here. The charge was laid by Mr. Nixon, the Collector of Customs, under section 210 of the Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882. Captain Milne admitted a technical breach, but said he had broken the law quite unwittingly. He had owned the bicycle in question for three years, and had ridden in all parts of the world without experiencing any trouble from the Customs Department. When his boat left Timaru on the last voyage, he left the bicycle behind for repairs, intending to get it on this, his return trip, .but found on arrival it had been seized by the Customs. Mr. Nixon said the Customs Department had reason to helieve ships' officers had on several occasions taken bicycles to Timaru and left them there, no duty being paid, and the bicycle in question had been .left without his authority. The magistrate said he had no option in the matter, and imposed the minimum fine. The bicycle was confiscated.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13273, 4 September 1906, Page 5
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190UNCUSTOMED BICYCLE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13273, 4 September 1906, Page 5
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