SUNDAY CARTAGE
LOAD OF PUMPKINS HELD TO BE UNNECESSARY SPECIAL PRODUCE TRAIN [BY TELEGRAPH —J'HESS ASSOCIATION] PALMERSTON NORTH, Friday Unusunl features were associated with a ease in the Magistrate's Court when Simon Edilson, orchardist, of Twyford, Hawke's Bay, was charged with working nt his trade in a public place on a Sunday by driving a truck carrying pumpkins. It was stated that the defendant transported his pumpkins, which ho claimed were perishable goods, to Wellington, leaving part of the load nt Palmerston North. The police contended that pumpkins were not perishable. Counsel for the defendant said that the latter lost over a thousand %acks of pumpkins last year through not getting to market in time. Ho contended that cartage on Sunday was a , necessity. Defendant therefore was exempted under the Act. The Magistrate held that the fact that a special train was provided at Hastings on Sundays for the carriage of produce made it unnecessary to tako it by road. Defendant was fined £2.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22670, 6 March 1937, Page 16
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164SUNDAY CARTAGE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22670, 6 March 1937, Page 16
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