FINAL WARNING
INTOXICATED DRIVERS LAW MAY BE TIGHTENED THE MINISTER’S CRUSADE (Per United Press Association) AUCKLAND, May 15. A warning that if the present penalties being imposed by New Zealand magistrates on motorists convicted of being intoxicated in charge of vehicles did not stop the offences he would provide for more severe punishment was given today by the Minister of Transport, Mr R. Semple, who said that, if necessary, he would tighten the law and impose greater penalties. “ The drunken driver is a potential murderer and society has got to get rid of him,” Mr Semple said. He also expressed his whole-hearted approval of the recent action of Auckland magistrates in sending to prison certain offenders. “ Caution after caution has fallen on deaf ears and when you cannot make any impression on people’s minds by moral persuasion and warning the only thing is to deal with them just as the magistrates are doing,” Mr Semple said. “The magistrates are doing the right thing. I am very pleased with the attitude the magistrates of this country are taking up. I am sure it will have a beneficial effect.”
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23501, 16 May 1938, Page 10
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187FINAL WARNING Otago Daily Times, Issue 23501, 16 May 1938, Page 10
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