TRAFFIC BREACHES

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

TRAFFIC BREACHES

Fines Inflicted on Ofienders A number of offenders for breaches of traffic regulations came before Mr j. Miller, S.M., in the Hastings IvTagistrate's Court tkis morning, „ David McLennan pleatled. guilty by letter to a eharge of driving in a manner that might be a danger to tke public. He was fined £4 and costs £1 17/-* i " R. E. Townsend deseribed a collision \\rkich occurred between his and aecused's oar near Waipawa. Accused wias on his wiong side. "I would not say ke was drunk, but I also would not say ke was sober," asserted WitneSS. Senior-Sergeant Sivyer said ke examined tke accused and considered it a " border-line * ' case, as far as drink was concemed. He would give kim the beneflt of tke doubt. Clement James Devlin, charged witk i-ailing to give way to traffic from tke rigkt, pleaded guilty by letter. "He was fined £2 witk costs 17/-. A. H. Dower,. motor meckanic;, of Karamu road, said ke was driving a car when defendant eollided witk kim, striking tke rear side. Jokn Doole was fined £2 and 10/« costs for driving a car without a Iicenee. Tkere was no appearance. Constable Foote stated that it was not a case where tke matter kad been over1 looked. Defendant kad bought a car in Oetober and kad never taken out a ticence. Peter Waiki, charged with negligently driving a lorry in Eastbourne Street, was fined 10/- and costs 10/-. Senior-Sergeant Sivyer, prosecuting, said that tke defendant sw8rved suddenly into a petrol station and struck a cyclist, wko was not hurt.