DEFINITION OF VEHICLE
LOG-HAULING EQUIPMENT CHARGE AGAINST OWNER 'Holding that because he had a winch attached to a vehicle for loghauling, and because it had no accommodation for either goods or passengers, it was therefore not a motor vehicle within the meaning of the Act, Stanley Watson (Mr. King) pleaded -not guilty in the Papakura Court today to a charge of operating an unlicensed vehicle. , Inspector F. .Tones said he apprehended defendant at Mangere. He was not in possession of a licence for his vehicle. Mr. King said that defendant had been advised by an inspector who had seen the equipment that no licence would be necessary. Mr. Jones said that defendant had driven the vehicle from Kiawa to Piha. The Magistrate: How are third parlies protected? Counsel produced a photograph of the equipment, and claimed that it was definitely log-hauling machinery on four -wheels. If ibis client registered it he lost his rebate of 6d a gallon on motor spirit. The magistrate said that the case presented some difficulty, and reserved his decision. In a similar case Oliver Johnson, of Otaua, pleaded guilty. He was convicted and ordered to pay costs, 10s.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22596, 8 December 1936, Page 12
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193DEFINITION OF VEHICLE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22596, 8 December 1936, Page 12
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