PERPETUAL LICENCES
Sir, — I was much amused to read that Mr. J. H. Luxford, S.M., had discovered that drivers’ licences issued in 1927 go on, like the brook, for ever. The question of law, so far as the report showed, was not raised by any of the defendants before the court. On the face of it the law was good, and hundreds of motorists who had neglected to renew their licences have been fined under the law as it seemed. Why then should Mr. Luxford go out of his way to act as counsel for the defence, and declare the law to be bad, when the point had not been raised? Arising out of this, and assuming Mr. Luxford’s reading of the Act to be correct —and this has yet to be proved—what is the position of those who have been convicted already? Have they any redress, or must they grin and regret the fact that their cases were not heard by Mr. Luxford? INQUISITIVE.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 353, 14 May 1928, Page 8
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165PERPETUAL LICENCES Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 353, 14 May 1928, Page 8
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