MAGISTRATES COURT

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22521, 1 October 1938, Page 11

MAGISTRATES COURT

FRIDAY (Before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS

Leslie Louis Stalker was fined 20s in default 48 hours’ imprisonment for drunkenness. TRAFFIC CASES Offenders against the traffic regulations were fined and ordered to pay costs as follow: Failing to give way to the right— Raymond Michael Hartigan, 20s; Herbert Reginald Adams, 20s; Gordon Ferguson, 20s; Edward Masters Ball, 20s (no warrant of fitness 10s); Rona Evelyn Nicholls, 10s (inefficient brakes, costs only); Mabel Joiner, 10s. Cyclist failing to give way to the right—William Venters Milne, convicted and discharged. Driving without due care—George Rodgers, 20s (failing to report an accident, 20s). No warrant of fitness —Thomas William Butcher, costs only (negligent driving 20s). Failing to signal when drawing from kerb—James Richard Dunn, 20s.

No cycle light—Clement Neal Taylor, costs only. A charge, against Frederick Arthur Rpmble of driving without due care was dismissed. (Before Mr F. F. Reid, S.M.)

No warrant of fitness and inefficient brakes—Owen Sinclair Williamson, 5s (first charge), 20s (second charge). A charge against Lewis Edward Walker of failing to give way to traffic on the right was dismissed.

LABOUR CASES (Before Mr F. F. Reid, S.M.) THREE BREACHES

Three penalties were allowed against Henry Isaacs, a painter (Mr D. J. Hewitt), for three breaches of the painters’ and decorators’ award. Mr S. A. McGregor (for the Labour Department) said that the ilrst information, failing to pay award wages to R. Lewis, had been previously adjourned to enable Isaacs to pay what was due, but he had failed to do so. Isaacs had later employed another man, Reginald G. Ladbrook, and had failed to pay him the award rates and also to pay him weekly, as prescribed by the award. Isaacs, he said, would be better working as a journeyman, as he always got into trouble when he employed workers. He took small contracts at unprofitable rates. Mr Hewitt said that Isaacs had taken on the men to assist them, but their work had been unsatisfactory, and in some cases he had to do it again himself.

Penalties of £l, £2, and £1 were allowed on the respective claims. The Magistrate said that he took a serious view of the breaches relating to Ladbrook, as they were committed while proceedings relating to Lewis were still impending. He would, however, treat the defendant leniently because of his circumstances. FAILURE TO PAY AWARD RATES A penalty of £1 was allowed against Victor J. Main, a cartage contractor, for failing to pay an employee the award rates for a motor driver, and a penalty of 10s allowed for failing to keep a time book. Mr N. E. Taylor, for Main, said that the defendant considered that a state of partnership existed between him and the employee, as the latter had lent him a sum of money. WRONG PROPORTION IN STAFF A penalty of £1 was allowed against Wallace John Gordon Ross, a butcher (Mr A. W. Smithson), for employing a greater proportion of youths than allowed by the award. Mr Smithson said that the breach occurred through the defendant’s taking his son into the business.