TRAFFIC OFFENCES

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 212, 13 September 1940, Page 4

TRAFFIC OFFENCES

EXCHEQUER BENEFITS AS RESULT OF 36 CONVICTIONS THOSE WARRANTS OF FITNESS Have we heard! something of benzine restrictions keeping traf fic off the road's? That may be the case but it lends to the wonder of what would happen should restrictions be lifted. Oil Tuesday, all but three of the 36 traffic breaches) brought to the attention of Mr E. L. Walton,. S.M.j, concerned motor vehicles and a large percentage of that majority was the result of owners' failure to keep abreast of the times and possess a current warrant of fitness. Charges under the heading, brought by the Transport Department, represented by Traffic Inspector J. H. Delves, were met with the imposition, witli one or two exceptions, of a 109 fine, plus costs,' Listed, they were.:—. , Allan Moody, Robert Fleming Wardlaw, James Bishop Wardlaw, Basil Smith, Tai Hunia, Wi Kaipara, Clarence George Fowler, George Elliott, Iki Pouwhare, John Kaiiiga, Jim Ruri, Dick Howell. Convicted and .ordered to pay costs: John Henry. Moody, Meihana Taliawera. No warrant for trailer: Percy Fenton (Mr Barry) 5s and costs. Other. Offences. No driver's license: John Henry Moody, 5s and costs; Claude Kawhana, 5s and costs; Taua McLean, 5s and costs. Brought by the Whaliatane County Council: Lancelot Dawnbush, R. J. McGill, F. L. Goodacre, S. G. Malaquin, each 5s and costs. , Failure to produce license: Dick Howell, costs only. Operating an unlicensed vehicle: John Henry Moody, 10s and costs; Owen Swan, 10s; Taua McLean, £1 and costs. Failure to notify change of own-* ershipc Clarence George Fowler, 10s and costs; Charles Edgar Biglands, £1 .and costs. Wrong number plates: Jim Rurf,. £1 and costs. . Over-loading: Jim MouUlen, £31 and costs. No heavy traffic licenses: Gerald George Clark, 10s and costs; Dennis James Dennehy, £2 and costs. Failing to give way at an intersection: William Wilson, £1 and costsi , Riding bicycles without lights: R, A. Wright, Ra T. Morpeth and M. Bright,, each 5> and costs.