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DRUNKEN MOTORISTS By Telegraph—Press Association CHRISTCHURCH. June 23. “I am determined to get rid of the drunken driver. This potential murderer has got to get off the road," said the Hon. R. Semple to-day, when referring to the new transport legislation, which he proposed to introduce next session of Parliament. The Minister said he intended to give the drunken driver no mercy. He had to get off the road, as he was a menace to the rest of the community. The decisions of Justices of the Peace in some cases against drunken drivers had been appalling, and that state of affairs had to come to an end. So far as Magistrates were concerned, they were administering the law as it stood, very fairly indeed, and he was pleased to notice that they were becoming stricter in dealing with this class of offender. "I am satisfied with their decisions and comment, which is in line with my own view—that these men are a menace to the lives of innocent people." He added that the new Bill will provide for the consolidation of the Motor Vehicles Act, with the three amendments to the Transport Licensing Act, with four amendments, and a number of clauses affecting transport in various Public Works Acts.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20762, 24 June 1937, Page 11
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