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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 130, 1 March 1928, Page 13

The nuisance being created by flatbottomed boats with out-board motors racing up and down the river at Gisborne was complained of by Councillor F. Collins to the Gisborn Borough Council when ho asked that action be taken to stop it (states an exchange). “It’s becoming unbearable,” ho said. If a motor-cyclo or a motor-car went through the streets creating a noise, the driver was prosecuted, and the speaker wanted to know why the motor-boat owners were not likewise dealt with. There could not be a law for motorists and one for motor-boat owners, two of which, he said, raced down- the river night, creating a frightful din. The Deputy-Mayor pointed out that as the rivers were tidal they were under the jurisdiction of the Harbour Board, though, no doubt, the motor-boat owners creating the noise would come under the Police Offences Act. In any case, the council could not take action.