DELAYED SUMMONSES

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 449, 3 September 1928, Page 1

DELAYED SUMMONSES

MOTORIST’S PROTEST A vigorous protest was entered by Mr. J. W. Pascoe, a commercial traveller, at the Qpehupga Police Court today, against the system of notifying motorists of speeding charges six weeks after the alleged offence. He pleaded not guilty to a speeding charge. In. his case, the alleged breach, he said, occurred on July 19, and he was not summoned until August 23. He produced a copy of diary report from his employers, which showed he was nowhere near Onehunga on July 19. Hj© accused .the inspector, who was giving evidence, of referring to his note-book, saying: ‘He doesn’t remember himself, he has to refer to the book;” The Magistrate, Mr. W. R. McKean: There is. no. need to be impudent about it. “I wouldn’t be accused of speeding at any price,” said Pascoe. “Woudn’t you,” replied the magistrate. “No, I’m opposed to speeding,” replied Pascoe. The magistrate said if motorists were to ' be advised immediately with breaches, more men would be required to supervise the traffic. The present system might not be the best, but it was for the local bodies to supply the remedy. He understood that the revenue from fines did not pay the wages of the men employed. Pascoe was fined 20s and costs.

Southern Cross. The four airmen were all on the ground before noon, and the monoplane was given yet another test flight. Every detail of the mechanism functioned perfectly. The firm surface of the wide field afforded an excellent runway for the take-off? of the heavily-laden airplane. STUNTS BY SMITH Then came a check, in the form of a weather report from Wellington. This recorded conditions of such a character off the coast of New Zealand that the question of hopping-off that day became one for serious consideration. The airmen deferred their decision until the afternoon, when further meteorological reports were received. These were so unfavourable —indicating that for probably half the journey there would be a hard battle with a storm —that Kingsford Smith reluctantly decided to abandon flight for the day, and to start on Sunday evening if the weather reports were favourable. The Southern Cross, therefore, was wheeled into the hangar, where it continued to attract the attention of large numbers of visitors, who had gone to Richmond to give the aviators a warm send-off. Kingsford Smith, using a Moth machine belonging to the Air Force, gave the onlookers some thrills. He executed various “stunts” with such apparent ease that they seemed to have been robbed of danger. AIR CIRCUS Some planes from Mascot airdrome, Sydney, and one from Melbourne, ar-