MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1872, 4 October 1913, Page 13

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

MOTOR-STEERINC AT CORNERB. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Mr. W. G. Riddell, 8.M., Arthur Withy, wlio drives Dr. Cahill'e motor-car, pleaded not guilty to two charges or having driven on tho wrong side of tho road. ■ Tho police stated that the defendant, when driving from Manners Street into Cuba Street, bad cut sharply over to the right' after passing a tramcar; he had not "driven round the policeman." On tho other hand tho defondant maintained that ho had' takon a natural curve. Ho had practically followed tho outgoing tramlino. His Worship reserved decision, remarking that ho would observe the positions taken up by tho constables who regulate tho traffic. SMOKED IN TRAMCAR. , G. A. John waa charged with having smoked in a compartment of a tramcar in which Bmoking was prohibited. Defendant admitted tho charge, but said that the conductor li?.d not given him a reasonable "chanoe." John was ordered to pay coats, lis. BY-LAW MATTERS. For having driven an lnmifficientlylighted vehicle, George Harbroe was fined 10s., with costs 7s. For having left vehicles unattended in streets, John Green was fined 55., with costs 7a.; and John Ricketts 10s. and 7s. Robert William Simpson waa fined 10s., with costs lis., for having nogllRently driven a motor-car in Willis Street. For having carried a loaded gun in the Johnsonville Town District,"Ernest Napier was fined 65., with costs 7s. For failure to comply with a notice to remove gorso from property, H. E. Humphries was ordered to pay costs, 7s. As tho person responsible for tho cars of two horses which woro.found at large, Lavington Williams was ordered to pay costs, 13s. ' OTHER COURT OASES. Harry admitted the theft of 9s. worth of timber bolonging to Messrs. Booth and Co. Ho was fined £2. with 8 costs 12s. Richard Burke was fined 1 £2,' with costs Bs., respecting two charges of tho theft of boots. For insobriety, John Douglas was fined £2, James Brown 10s., and George Harbroe £1. A prohibition order was issued against Joh.ii Sydney Saunders. A fine of £3 was entered nfrninnt Thomas Reeves, who broke a prohibition order by entering a hotel. For failure to attend parade, Allen Vincent Knnpp was fined 55., with coal's 9a.; John Hill, 10s. and 7a.; Charles Pratt was ordered to pay costs 7k. ; J. H. Bray to pay costs Sis.; A.W. l.irnol to pay costs 75.; and C. T. Young was fined 55., with costs 7s. An application by Joseph WiilUor for sureties of tho pence «gainst Thomas Connoll was adjourned by tho Oouii for three months. The case may lie willed on at forty-eight hours' notice if, in the meantime, trouble arises.

MORE LAUHEI,S POU THE THOIINYCROFT MOTOR WACION. Exhaustive teats in hill climbing Mid for general utility with honvy Uvada upon rough roads, linvo so proved the tmporiority of the Thornvarott .Motor Wagou, <is to induce the Wcllir.gton Meat Export Company to purchase Hhreo of thorny Tho three wagons ordered tiro nil 30 h.p. and will bo used for heavy carrying work. It will bo readily understood that during tho summer months prompt and Bpeedy parrying is partioulaTly dciJmm Kiry in tho meat business, and tho fact that the Thornycroft has been selected for tKis work is powerful evidenco of its reliability and general superiority for quick delivery work; Another Thornycroft for Mr. James llartin has been built with a tipping wagon, and has pone up to Pongaroa to bo used for carrying metal. Many of the largo commercial organisations of New Zealand nro users of the Thornycroft, particularly where heavy work on country roads is required. Amongst these, tho Hawko's Bay Farmem, ot Napier, and the Dairy Milk Dolivery Co., of Auckland, are owners of Thornycroft Motor Wagons. Two Mail Contractors of Wanganui uso thorn, and aiuongst municipal bodies this Motor has found great favour for Eiro Brigade work, which is surely a severe tost of the Motor's "over-rcuiliness" and dependability Thornycrotfs nro used by tho Fire Brigades in Christchurch, Auckland, Wellington, and luverciirgill, in New Zealand; and Adelaido and Melbourne, in Australia. Possibly the strongest testimonial for Thornycroft efficiency that a business man could ask for is the fact that Pickford's, of London, the largest carrying firm in tho world, uso a fleet of twenty-six Thornycrofts in their delivery service. The agents for New Zealand are A. Ilatrick and Co., Wakefield Street, Wellington.—Advt.

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