VIGILANT POLICE REAP HARVEST.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17864, 4 June 1926, Page 1

VIGILANT POLICE REAP HARVEST.

MANY CYCLISTS HAVE TO PAY FINES. The vigilance cf the police of f'hristchurch was shown in the Magistrate’s Court to-day, when many offenders, charged with riding bicycles at night without lights, were dealt with. The majority of them did not appear, so that the fines were quickly rattled off by the Magistrate, Mr H. A. Young. Some brought excuses, but were generally met with the query: “ Why didn't you walk with your bicycle?” Others cheerfully admitted having broken the by-law. The following were fined, with costs; —James N. L. Andrews 20s, Horton Anderson 10s, Frank Barret 20s, Charles FI Bennett 20s, Eric W. A. Black 20s, Charles Blacklock ss, John D. H. Buchanan 20s, Malcolm F. Calder 20s, John Campbell 20s, Horace B. Cartwright 20s. Eric Ferguson 10s, George William Cox 15s, Joseph Thomas Hanna ss, Ray M. Hatigan ss, John Keen 20s, Gordon Kershaw, costs only, Herbert Mead 10s, N. Mills, costs only, George Mugford 20s, Jack S. Murphy 10s, Walter B. Munday 20s, William A. Muir 20s, Edward M’Cann 10s, William M'Lean 10s, Alexander M'Neil os, Hubert Newton 20s, F. M. Otten ss, Jack Rhodes 20s, Frank Rhoda 20s, Henry Silvester 20s, Leslie H. Shave 20s, Leslie R. Small 20s, Frederick John Smith, costs only, Robert David Smith 10s, Dorothy Swift 10s. Alfred Swift 20s. Fred Waldrom 20s. William Henry Wills 20s, Stanley Wootton ss.