HORSES AND PAVED ROADS.
:■ .<...■ —■: . ..•E.-V-"., '.■;:''" 'l\ DIFFICULTIES IN SYMONDS STREET A number of cases in which the effect of the, paving of Symonds Street was put I 1 forward, as a plea, were heard at , tha Police Court 1 yesterday, before Mr. J. E. • Wilson, S.M. /'"".,'',;'';. -. '■ A;, dozen f carters - were summoned for \ having ' driven * their [. horses [on the' Irani lines, in the street, instead of as hear the ; . left-hand' kerb as. possible, thereby comI mitting a' breach of i the : by-laws. ; All \ of them pleaded guilty, .but each •explsined that the J concrete., paving, was quite un■i suited .and unsafe for horses drawing' I loads. ;; One experienced ,•■ driver r.Kii»a I that such roads were .made for motorcars, not for '; horees; and that ) on, the ! Symonds Street hill sand should be thrown down toihelp.the animals., , /,;'•'• The magistrate discharged- the defendantsi'iwithout imposing a ; penalty, remarking that there was no doubt a great deal in what shad/been '■'~ stated. He thought some representations .might be made by '] their,-employers^..to';.- the City ; Council in ! regard .to ;: the matt*. >He ; thought the drivers,';',wi(h' a" little; care,' could avoid accident*, - and could . avoid delaying the tramway 'cars; which had j been '■. the : cause of the present cases.; ,- ' '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17392, 12 February 1920, Page 5
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