JOB FOR MAGISTRATES
CIIRIRTCH URCTT, Dcc. 10. Cliarges of ciir couversiou and intoxication iu cliarge of cars should bo heard always by Alagistrates and Jiever, as sometimes happened, by .lustices of the Ppace, is tlie opinion of the executive of the South Island AEotor Union. The executive tonight decided to suggest to the Xorth island Alotor Union that the Alinister of Justiee be approached to have the law amended to this eff'eet. The executive had received lettcra about the treatment of sucli cases from the Canterbury, Afarlborough, Otago • and North Otago Autornobile Associations. The Commissioner of Police, ATr. ,T. Cummings, in a letter, advised that his district officers had been tohi to press for more severe penaities iu ear couversiou cases.
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Chronicle (Levin), 11 December 1946, Page 5
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121JOB FOR MAGISTRATES Chronicle (Levin), 11 December 1946, Page 5
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