BY-LAW ATTACKED
“UNREASONABLE—UNJUST” COMMUNITY MOTOR CASE That a city by-law was unreasonable and unjust was the contention o£ Mr. F. W. Schramm m the Police Court yesterday afternoon, when he appeared on behalf of Raymond Harding. d’Arcy Harold Ritter, and Robert Ryan, owners or drivers of motor-cars usc-d in community services, who were charged with driving omnibuses no: licensed under the Auckland City Council by-laws, and of driving buses without being holders of bus-drivers licences. Mr. Mackay, who appeared for tr.e City Council, said that the by-law defined a bus as any vehicle plying 'or hire in a public place for separate fares. Mr. Schramm said that a bus w?s required to have a passage down the centre, and a space of six feet between floor and roof. These conditions prevented a motor-car from obtaining a licence to ply for hire at separate fares. “The by-law is unjust and oppressive,” he said. The magistrate, Mr. E. C. Cutten. reserved his decision.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 134, 27 August 1927, Page 10
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