“UNREASONABLE AND INVALID"

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12392, 11 March 1926, Page 3

“UNREASONABLE AND INVALID"

HUTT BOROUGH BY-LAW MAGISTRATE DISMISSES SPEEDING CHARGES. Mr C. R. Orr-Walker, S.M., de. livered • reserved judgment yesterday, in the case in which the Lower Hutt Borough Council proceeded against A. B. Sievwright and D. J. Ryan for allegedly exceeding the speed limit of 20 miles per hour between the railway station and Wakefield street. Lower Hutt. At the hearing of the charges at the Lower Hutt Police Court counsel for the defence contended that the by-law in respect of the portion of the borough in question was unreasonable and invalid. Evidence was given to the effect that by a resolution of the council, it was decided that only motorists exceeding 30 miles per hour would be prosecuted. “20 MILES PER HOUR UNREASONABLE.” “I am satisfied from the evidence in this case, and from the fact that the local authority and the engineer have come to the conclusion that it would be unreasonable to enforce its own by-law, that a speed limit of 20 miles per hour is unreasonable,” stated the magistrate in. giving judgment. “I therefore hold that the hv-law it affects the portion of road under discussion is unreasonable and invalid.” - Security for appeal was fixed at £7 7s.