CONFUSING LAW
HORSEMEN ON ROADS EARLY REVIEW PROMISED (Special to Times) TE AWAMUTU, Tuesday The Te Awamutu branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union recently communicated with the Minister of Transport, the Hon. R. Semple, regarding the correct method to be adopted by a horseman leading another horse on a public road. The Minister replied as follows: “I am advised that the position of any person riding a horse is defined by the Police Offences Act, which requires him to keep to the left of the road whether or not he is leading another horse. I recognise that this is contrary to the usuaf custom, and, so far as my Department is concerned, no action is being taken to enforce this law, which will be reviewed at the first opportunity.”
In commenting on the reply, Mr W. J. Hodgson said that the matter should be referred to the provincial executive as the position should be clarified. There would be the Transport Department’s attitude, the local custom, and the attitude of the police, who would be able to take proceedings in accordance with the Police Offences Act. He thought that the Government should deal with the matter at once.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20950, 1 November 1939, Page 9
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198CONFUSING LAW Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20950, 1 November 1939, Page 9
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