AIRWAYS PILOT IS CONVICTED.
UNIQUE CASE HEARD BY MAGISTRATE IN DUNEDIN. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, December 19. A test case of interest to flying clubs and companies throughout the Dominion was heard in the Police Court today when Captain White, a pilot of New Zealand Airways, was charged with working at his calling on a Sunday. It was contended by the defence that aeroplanes were exempt from the operation of the Act as they came under the definition of “any carriage or cab.” The Magistrate differed from this view and held that, as the Act was passed as recently as 1927, aeroplanes would have been especially exempted if the legislature intended that they should be. A conviction without penalty was entered. The Magistrate agreed to state a case for appeal.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19258, 20 December 1930, Page 30 (Supplement)
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130AIRWAYS PILOT IS CONVICTED. Star (Christchurch), Issue 19258, 20 December 1930, Page 30 (Supplement)
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