LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 September 1942, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Potato Ration. The daily ration of potatoes for men in the armed forces has been increased from 3oz. to 60z., reports a Press Association telegram from Christchurch. Speed of Army Vehicles. Though Army vehicles were, for obvious reasons, excluded from the recent legislation (aimed at conserving tyres) making it a civil offence to drive vehicles at a speed exceeding 40 miles an hour, a recent instruction issued by the Quartermaster-General states that such exception applies only in the event of a national emergency. Strict observation of the maximum speed limit laid down by the Army authorities for Army drivers of motor cars and motor cycles is required. The limit is the same as for civilian vehicles—4o miles an hour on roads.

Wrongful Use of Petrol. Answering two charges of using petro Ifor a purpose other than as set out on the licence, Leo Merton Biggar, pig farmer, Kauwhata, pleaded guilty before Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court at Palmerston North yesterday, and was fined £l5 on each charge, with costs 15s. Detective Long asked the Court to take a serious view of the case, as defendant had obtained a petrol licence for a truck which was never out of the repair shed, and had used in another truck something like 15 gallons a month, and had drawn 30 gallons a month for the former vehicle. He had yet another truck with a covering petrol licence, and though he traded in this vehicle he had not surrendered the licence and drew the petrol on it. Further, defendant had obtained a special licence for the vehicle which he had obtained at the trade in.