SUNDAY FLYING
* 'h 1 . AERO CLUB SEEKS AMENDMENT'' FURTHER STEPS WILL BE TAKEN WELLINGTON, October 25. • "Twice during'-t'he'pr.ist year - the .president of the New Zealand Aero Club, Mr G. M. Spence, lias interviewed tlie Minister of Justice -tt> isk that the Police Offences Act should be amended to make Tlie intention cf the Legis-. lature clear_>on the subject of flyiiig for hire on Sunday, relates the annual report of the elub. On neither occasion was he successful in obtaining; any definite 'statements as to the Minister’s attitude on the question. Ultimately - written application for the amendment, showing that it was only necessary to insert the word. “aircraft” in the appropriate section, elicited a reply that, , for reasons which were not stated, the Minister could, not see his way to introduce the amendment, but suggested that this blub or one’ of the constituted clubs might .provide ■ facilities enable an authorative decision by. the Supreme. ■Court to be obtained, in view of the conflicting decisions of . tlie magistrates on The matter. ' Three .prosecutions, one in Wanganui, one in Auckland and one in Napier, have been instituted against pilot-instructors ,?nd club officials, the two former having been dismissed' by the magistrates, and the other is pending, the report states. Further reprcsentations. to the Minister will he made. •’ :
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 October 1932, Page 6
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