BY-LAW CASES

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 196, 12 April 1932, Page 6

BY-LAW CASES

HEAVY TRAFFIC BREACHES AND HAWKERS' LICENSES. CYCLES ON FOOTPATHS. A number of by-law cases were dealt with by Mr. S. L. Paterson, S.M., in the Rotorua Magistrate's Court yesterday. Thomas Fussill and Harry Egdell both admitted riding on the footpath in Ranolf Street on March 5. The borough traffic inspector, ' Mr. D. M. Ford, said that a number of youths were in the habit of riding 011 the footpath and complaints had been received. The day before these two lads were caught a child returning from school had been knocked down by a cyclist riding on the footpath. Fussill told the magistrate that he was earning £1 a week. He was fined 5s, with 10s costs. Egdell stated that he was a schoolboy and was not earning anything. He was convicted and ordered to pay costs, 10s. The county traffic inspector proceeded against L. Edmonds under ths heavy traffic regulations on a charge of operating a vehicle in excess of the maximum weight for a 4£-ton road. The inspector stated that the veh4cle in question- was a heavy bus own•ed in Hamilton. Its unladen weight was 4tons lOcwt, but on February 28 it had been driven through from Hamilton with a load of 21 passengers, adding lltons to the weight. This defendant had made the same trip on the prev:ous Sunday and had been cautioned both in the Matamata and Rotorua counties. Defendant was fined £10, with 10s costs.

Heavy Traffic Breach. Leslie Abbott was charged under the same regulations with operating a lorry of a laden weight of 3tons 18cwt on a C license. The inspector stated that defendant's license only entitled him to a laden we" ght of 3tons lOcwt. His instructions were to allow a margin of 6cwt only. Althought he knew that with posts, such as had been carried in this case, it was difficult to gauge the weights correctly. This defendant was finad £1, w'th 10s costs. Two men, Lionel Gore and Herbert Johnston, whom, the borough traffic inspector stated, were both employed by the same firm, were charged with exercising their trade as hawkers without obtaining the neeessary licenses. The inspector stated that Johnston had subsequently taken out a license and he was convicted and ordered to pay costs, 10s. With regard to Gore, the inspector stated that he had previously been cautioned; he was fined 5-s with 10s costs.