LIGHTLESS VEHICLES.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 68, 25 July 1913, Page 6

LIGHTLESS VEHICLES.

FEWER CHARGES IN COURT

There was an appreciable ■'diminu-

tion in the number oi “no light” cases at the Court this morning,./and tae lines were not so heavy as previously. DELAY ON THJt ROAD.

C. Dyke pleaded guilty -oh behalf of one of his employees whawas caught iu Broadway at live minifies to six on July Bth driving a four-horse waggon without side-lignts-. I|te said that he had sent his driver a why from Eltham with a big load of stone crusher machinery which was to be taken to Midhirst. Between Ngaere and Stratford the load shifted and the driver had to wait till other drivers came along to help him to make it fast. The waggon passed through Stratford when it should have been at Midhirst.

The S.M. repeated to defendant his advice to previous offenders—to always keep lights oiti vehicles, so that it would not maiter if darkness came on while the vehicle was on the road. In view of the ’circumstances a fine of 10s with 7s £osts was imposed. NO FINE IMPOSED.

B. Fabish, charged with driving a gig through Broadway on July Uth without light at 6 o’clock, said he bad been carrying two lights, but an accident had happened to one of them, putting it out.

A conviction, without fine or costs, was recorded. (A. WRONG NAME.

G. AV, Haxton did not appear to answer a charge of having driven* a gig thorough Broadway on July 6th at 8.1 p( without lights. The Borough Inspector explained that defendant, when approached, gave a wrong name, this being found out when an Eltham young man was charged with the offence.

The S.M. said that as far as he could,'remember the evidence, he would not have entered a fine in the case, as there had been two lights, one of which had gone out on the journey. But when defendant gave a wrong name that altered things and defendant could not be let off Ho would be fined 10s, with costs 7s. COMPROMISE IMPOSSIBLE.

George Wilson did not appear to answer a charge of riding a motor cycle through Broadway without lights at twenty minutes to six on July 9th. ~ V The Borough Inspector said he asked defendant why he was riding without a 'light, defendant replying that he had had an accident. On being told: that, his .fiarqe qcoijild, .Lave to be taken defertdahU offered to pay the fine on Uhe jSf&s told'this yvas 'im- 1 ,pO??,ihJei •?] D§feihdafiiLttien Wade ll ■'ton offer of -five shillings fp hayp his MhW kfcjft dff -ihy toedight 'list, 'hut the 'lnspector replied that he would not do so even if defendant gave him pjhhes whole of laranaki. cofets 7s waj»<:imposed, the, S.M. remarking that motor cycles without lights were the most dangerous of vehicles. V- - , _i a x