FINED FOR TAKING SAND FROM AUCKLAND BEACH.
(Special to the “ Star.”) AUCKLAND. January 15 The practice of motorists in removing sand from the Mission Bay Beach, Koliimarama, was referred to in the Police Court yesterday in a case against R. P. Sharman. Mr Hubble, for the Tamaki Road Board, said that defendant had not taken more than a sugar-bag full of sand, but the point was that almost every motorist who visited the beach took the opportunity to remove a bag of sand, and a great deal had disappeared. It was not suggested that the present prosecution should be anything but a warning. Mr Gallagher: The amount taken was merely for a couple of canaries. (Laughter.) Mr Hubble: It must have been a year's supply. Defendant wa s convicted and discharged. ___
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18055, 15 January 1927, Page 1
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