A MOTOR CASE.
PLYING FOR HIRE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, Last Night. Mr. Widdowson, S.M., gave judgment this morning in a case in which the owner of a motor launch less than 40ft. long was charged with carrying passengers within the river limits, and plying within the river limits of Otago harbor without carrying life-saving appliances, as provided by the Shipping and Seamen's Act. The launch was not licensed to carry passengers. There was no evidence that the persons mentioned in the charge were carried for hire. The magistrate said that the main question was as to the meaning of the words "plying," and upheld the contention of counsel for the prosecution •' that "plying" used in "rules" under the Act must be read in a general sense, and it mattered not that the launch made only one trip. Defendant was convicted, but as it was a test case a penalty was not inflicted, defendant being ordered to pay costs.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 59, 27 July 1912, Page 5
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159A MOTOR CASE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 59, 27 July 1912, Page 5
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