Post by Dave Homewood on May 20, 2024 23:44:18 GMT 12
From The Press, 10 August 1965:
Ticket For Pilot
(N.Z. Press Association)
AUCKLAND, August 9.
An Auckland Transport Department officer has made history by issuing a ticket to an aircraft pilot for a traffic offence.
On Saturday afternoon, Traffic Officer G. McKenzie, of Glen Eden, “booked” Richard Powdrell, of Panmure, alleging “inconsiderate use of Muriwai beach” in a Tiger Moth.
Powdrell was reported to have flown low over several thousand people digging for toheroa and then landed on the beach.
A Transport Department spokesman said that under the act, “a beach is a road and anything that pertains to a road also pertains to a beach, insofar as consideration to the public is concerned.”
He said the case was the first of its kind in New Zealand.
It was not known whether a prosecution would follow. The incident would be referred to the Department of Civil Aviation, he said.
Ticket For Pilot
(N.Z. Press Association)
AUCKLAND, August 9.
An Auckland Transport Department officer has made history by issuing a ticket to an aircraft pilot for a traffic offence.
On Saturday afternoon, Traffic Officer G. McKenzie, of Glen Eden, “booked” Richard Powdrell, of Panmure, alleging “inconsiderate use of Muriwai beach” in a Tiger Moth.
Powdrell was reported to have flown low over several thousand people digging for toheroa and then landed on the beach.
A Transport Department spokesman said that under the act, “a beach is a road and anything that pertains to a road also pertains to a beach, insofar as consideration to the public is concerned.”
He said the case was the first of its kind in New Zealand.
It was not known whether a prosecution would follow. The incident would be referred to the Department of Civil Aviation, he said.
