SHEEP TRANSPORT

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 4, 20 January 1937, Page 6

SHEEP TRANSPORT

Carrying by Lorry at Night CASES AS A WARN1NG Ohafges of conveyiiig shoep uuriiig prohfbited hours wer© brought in the Hastings Mogistrate's Court this morning before Mr. J. Millef, S.Mif against Kevell Parkin, Gordon Scott, Hector Francis Smith and Thomas Brown. Ohargeg of assisting fn the commission of the offences were brought against Preston Ltd., James Mills Ltd., and Ifilsie May Nockall Smith. All pleadcd guilty and fines of £1 and costs 10/^were imposed in each case. Outlining the ease, Detective B. Farquaharson said that to oombat sheepaf ealing a law had been passed that sJieep could not be conveyed after half an hour atter sunset unless by speciai permit. Uarriers in Hastings had not been observing this law, and this season they had not been obtaining the necessary permits A watch was therefore inade on several nights, resulting in th© defendants being caught. There Was no suggestion of any mot-ive oi sheep-stealing in the present cases, said tke detective, Alf those charged wero thoroughly reputable carrier*. The cases Were brought merely as a waroiflg, On defendants' bebalf, it was pointed out that tke responsibility should rest mainly on the drivers-employers, who had been becoming lax in the matter of licences. It was purely an oversight and those responsible had taken eare since to observe the lgw strictly