BREACHES OF BY-LAWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19860, 2 February 1928, Page 14

BREACHES OF BY-LAWS.

PROSECUTION OF MOTORISTS. LORRY-DRIVER FINED £2O. Approximately 100 motorists were prosecuted iri the Police Court yesterday on charges of breaches of the traffic bylaws. Two magistrates were occupied in hearing the cases, some of which were adjourned. A lorry-driver, Leslie Franklin, of Buckland, charged with not having a heavy traffic licence, was fined £2O. It was said the licence 1 ad not been taken out when -due on April 1 last. The cost of it was about £2O. Dangerous driving cost Charles Erwoocl £3, Walter Urquhart, Douglas Hannett, Henry Hudson and Oswald Jenson each £2. Fines on charges of. speeding were imposed as follows: —Sydney Raymond August, £3; Mervyn Williams, £2, and Charles Creeks, Gladys Geddes and Rex King, £1 each. On charges of negligent driving S. W. Pitketheley was fined £2, while William Kerr and Arthur Mickle were ordered to pay costs. Lawrence O'Shea was fined £l. reckless driving, Albert Bartley was fined £2. "Holding on to moving vehicles is a most dangerous practice- and all cyclists should be warned against it, for grave results are likely to follow an accident," said Mr. E. C. Cutten, S.M., when imposing fines of 5s on each of the following on charges of holding on to motors and vans:—John C. Dando, Arthur Cant, D. B. Maxey, John Davidson, Frederick Emms, D. Cooper, Horace Bevin, Edward Crichton, Norman Simpson, Thomas Dodd and Eric Paggett. Motorists who travelled at nielit with insufficient lights were fined as follows: Norman Leonard, £2; Harman Ninkie, £1; Theodore Threzise, Phillip B. White, Wilfred Bedford, Stanley Fletcher, Lincoln Carpenter, and Reginald Ramsay, 10s each. Charged with leaving cars unattended Warwick Sadler, Arthur Trenworth, Samuel Dibble, John Lupton, Andrew Anderson, Joy Thomas, Thomas Lallv and Warwick Dufaur were each fined 10s. Leonard Wilson, for passing a stationary tramcar, was fined £2. Seabrook, Fowlds and Company were fined £1 on a charge of failing to notify a change of ownership. Summoned for pillion-riding Gordon Fransham, James Remmington and William Quiglev were each fined 10s. For riding a motor-cycle on a footpath, Robert Cheadle was fined £l. C. G. Noble and 11. D. McKenzie were fined £1 for failing to obey a traffic signal. Turning to the light at a prohibited corner, cost W. W. Graham a fine of £l. Wilfrsd Hulme was fined 10s for stopping his vehicle in a safety zone. Leaving buses on unauthorised stands cost Jim Lawson, Dave Shannon, Thomas Meredith. John Collett and Jack Raynor each £l. Cecil R. Barrott was fined 10s for causing an obstruction with his vehicle, while Alexander Irving was fined £l. Penalties of 10s were imposed on John Millar and Arthur Cornish, charged with driving the wrong way in Courthouse Lane. Thomas Boler was fined £1 for having no rear number. Three charges were preferred against Frederick Thomason, a bus driver. He was ordered to pay costs for refusing to give his name and address, for not producing a licence, and for refusing to move his bus. The Mount Eden Borough Council charged Wilfred E. Simpson and Albert R. Flewellyn with failing to approach intersections slowly. Each defendant was fined £l. ■