ELTHAM.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 March 1922, Page 6

ELTHAM.

MAGISTRATE’S COURT. - , 5 ' (From Our Own Correspondent.) March 20. A sitting of the Magistrate’s Court was held at Eltham to-day, before Mr. A. M. Mowlem, S.M. FAILURE TO PARADE. Leslie Charles Pennington, who pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to attend military parades, was fined £1 and costs 7s. James Brew pleaded not guilty to a similar charge, stating that a disabled foot precluded his attendance. He was fined 10s and costs 7s. John E. Morrow, who, it was stated, had been previously convicted for failure to attend parades, was fined £1 and costs 7s. Francis Alexander Parsons, for failing to attend eight parades out of a possible 11, was fined £1 and costs 7s. BY-LAW CASES. A large number of informations were laid under the borough by-laws for various offences in which failure to drive vehicles on the correct side of the traffic dome and failure, to provide vehicles standing in the streets with proper lights predominated.

Mr. Sheat, who appeared for the prosecution in the majority of the eases, said that the new by-laws regarding the lighting of vehicles had hitherto not been rigidly enforced. There was a large number of the cases coming before the court, and he wished to explain the position. Mr. Stewart, who appeared for several defendants, said that recently large numbers of motor cars might have been seen standing in the streets of Eltham without lights. The by-laws of the Eltham Borough Council had been in a very chaotic state for some time, and the new by-laws had not been notified through the Press as they should have been. The magistrate said that the Press reports of convictions for such breaches of the by-laws should have been sufficient notification of the necessity for the observance of them.

David Evans, Leslie Gower, Harold Julian, W. H. Martin, Donald McWhirter, Samuel Coleman, Chon Chin, Olliver F. Robinson and George Collingwood were each fined 10s and costs 7s, and L. J. Williams was ordered to pay costs 7s, for driving on the wrong side of the traffic dome in Bridge Street. For leaving vehicles standing without proper lights, J. W. Burke, R. J. Knuckey, William R. Free,-A, Gray, George Edlin, John Cocker, Joseph Best, C. C. Stauners and Leonard Taylor were ordered to pay costs 7s.

I. Sanderson, junr., and G. L. Taylor were charged with riding motor-cycles at night without lights, and were each fined £1 and costs 7s, the magistrate commenting severely on this dangerous practice. For riding bicycles on the footpath, William Mancer, K. Dixon, Henry Morgan and Henry Coulter were each ordered to pay 7s costs, and Frank Butcher was fined 5s and costs 7s on a similar charge. Herbert C. Mann and John M. Cox, for exceeding the speed limit at the intersection of two streets at Kaponga, were each fined £2 and costs 7s. CIVIL CASES. Judgment for plaintiff by default was given in the following undefended cases: W. D. Taylor v. H. Hance, £45 3s lOd (costs £4 Ils 6d); A. E. Smalley v. H. Boniface, £9 0s Id (costs 30s 6d) ; I. J. Bridger v. H. M. Woller, £75 3s 2d (costs £5 ss); C. R. K. Cumming v. L. F. Harrison, £22 16s 3d (costs £3 7s); A. E. Smalley v. George Barker, £6 10s 7d (costs £1 10s 6d); C. A. Wilkinson, Ltd., v. L. F. Harrison, £9 3s (costs £1 16s 6d); P. W. Allan v. A. V. Corkill, 210 (costs £2 16s). CLAIM FOR DAMAGES His Worship delivered judgment in the case, heard at the last sitting of the court, in which John Swinson claimed £73 7s 7d from A. E. Cuff, for damages alleged to have bene sustained by plaintiff’s motorcar in a collision with a butcher’s cart. Judgment was given for defendant with costs 12s and solicitor’s fees £3 13s. GENERAL. On Saturday Mr. C. C. Ward, whose name has been a household word in connection with drapery, etc., in the New Plymouth and Hawera districts for years past, opened a new branch at Eltham, under the management of Mr. R. Payne, formerly of New Plymouth. Commodious premises have been secured in a central position in High Street, and these have been fitted up and stocked with the latest requirements in ladies’ wear and general drapery. That there is ample room for the venture was manifested on the opening day, when splendid business was done, the low prices at which the goods were marked, together with their excellent quality, proving a veritable surprise to shoppers, and bearing out Ward’s motto: “Highest Quality at Lowest Prices.” The windows are a special feature, their backing of white beaver board, pannelled in oak-stained battens, adapting them admirably for display purposes.