A Too Narrow Understanding of By-laws: Caution First C. Gomersall was summoned in H, M. Police Court, on Thursday, before Mr. G. W. King, on a plaint by the police that he drove motor ex past other motor vehicles: moving the same diveetion.
Sub-Inspr, Long said that a rail. lee tramear halted in Peking Road and thus stopped two motor cars avalling behind it. Then came defendant's ear, but instead of wait he broke out from the line of traffic, attempted a pass between the first tramear and another ap: proaching from the opposite divee id, when he found this was ime i, he steczed over to the wrong: side of the road and went by. Wit ness considered it a very dangerous tion, and even when defendant must have scow that it was dangers fous he did not stop or back into a safe position but continued on way. Witness did not conside: that it was fair to the railless eat' motorman to be rushed like that.
Def med that he was right in moving on, because the other two motor ears were too close to the tram to draw out. The by-law did not prohibit, passing stationary ides.
The Magistrate said that was too narrow an interpretation to put the regulations. It would be quite different where a cat had stalled had drawn to the kerb in order to set down passengers, He did not think risky drivers should be encouraged at the expense of eauttions drivers. The charge possibly more correctly might be one of improper driving. Deferdant would be fined Acconrasixo by Japanese Con-representatives, the police wzingg Row wt 2.80 p.m. fon Tuesday and seized 22 automatic pistols and nearly 2,000 rounds of ammunition. The wife of the occap ant of the house was taken indo custody: by the Japanese authorities.
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