MOTORISTS WARNED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19301, 2 May 1925, Page 4

MOTORISTS WARNED

MAGISTRATE SPEAKS OUT LICENSES MAY BE CANCELLED BREACHES OF REGULATIONS HAWERA, April 30. Every motorist who travels over the roads in the Taranaki and Wanganui districts will be vitally interested in a declaration by Mr J. S. Barton, S.M., regarding his intentions of dealing with offenders against the motor regulations in future.

According to Press reports, said Mr Barton at the sitting of the court at Hawera to-day, a deputation consisting chiefly of the Wanganui Law Society waited on the Minister for Justice (the Hon. Sir C. J. Parr) at Wanganui, asking that he (Mr Barton) be allowed to remain the whole of his time in Wanganui. The reason for the request was the increased work arising from motor cases. During the month' His Worship, at Wanganui, had dealt with eight motor collision cases, and at least twenty bad cases of traffic offences. Jn addition to these there were still three collision eass waiting to be heard. In several of these cases serious injury to persons was involved. One remedy, continued Mr Barton, appeared to be for a magistrate to give his whole time to hearing the cases, place a deterrent on people who had no right to be on the road, or cancel their drivers’ licenses. His Worship copld not see why ho should spend twothirds of his waking hours listening to motor cases and inquests. He intended to cancel the driving licenses of those who came before him and who he thought had no right to drive on the roads.