INTOXICATED MOTORISTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19720, 20 August 1927, Page 15

INTOXICATED MOTORISTS.

MAGISTRATE IMPOSES FINE. NO DRIVING FOR THREE YEARS. [3T TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] CHRTSTCHURCH. Friday Charges of being intoxicated while in charge of a motor-car, and with failing to comply with the terms of his probation, were preferred against George Alexander Low, who appeared in the Magistrate's Conrt to-day before Mr. S. D. Mosley, S.M., as a seqnel to a collision with a safety zone. Senior-Sergeant Martin said accused had previously been convicted of speeding. The probation officer said: "I have seen nothing in his conduct to warrant any action being taken, but I must say I have an idea that he sails pretty close to the wind." . "I do not think you will drive a car for some time to come," said the magisOn the first charge Low was convicted and fined £5, in default one month s imprisonment. His licence also was cancelled and he was prohibited from obtaining a further licence for three years, from April 1, 1928. He was convicted on the second charge and released on his former probation.

CYCLIST FISTED HEAVILY. LIQUOR IN SIDE-CAR. [BT TBELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Friday A motor-mechanic, Ralph Roland Levy, was to-day fined £ls by Mr E. Page, S.M., for feeing intoxicated while riding a motor-cycle in Adelaide Road. It was stated that accused was steering an erratic course, and that the police found a jar ot beer in a side-car.