TRAFFIC OFFENCES

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 56, 29 November 1937, Page 6

TRAFFIC OFFENCES

Cases Heard in Napier Court OVERLOADING CHARGES Tbe first prosecution to be Iieard in Napier under tbe traffic regulation wbicb says tbat at least 18 per cent. of tbe load of a truck sball rest on tbe steering axle was brought before * Mr J. Miller, S.M., tbis morning by Traffic Inspector J. H. li. Semple, of tbe Transport Department, "wbo prosavcuted F» G. Smith and Co., Ltd., of Port Aburiri, for tbat offence/ and for overloading. On tbe firet cbarge a fiue Of 10/- witb costs 10/- was impos'cd, Wbile on tbe overloading cbarge defendants were iined £1 and costs 10/-. Tbey pleaded guilty to botk chargesTbe traffie-inspector poinl-ed out. that. witb a badly-distributed load, an irregulaxity in tbe xoad was liable to lift tbe front wbeels. Pleading guilty to two cbarges of overloading; Williame and Creagh Ltd.. were fined £1, witb costs 10/-, on tbe brst cbarge and 15/- and costs 10/- on tbe second. 0 Harry Ndel Porrest, a motor mechanie, for driving a motor 'vebicle witbout being in possession of a driver 's Jicence, was pro-secuted by . Traffic-lnspee-tor A. M. Oliver and bned 10/- with 10/- costs. * •