CATTLE ON ROAD

Taranaki Daily News, 12 September 1940, Page 9

CATTLE ON ROAD

PATEA COURT CHARGE In the Patea Magistrate's Court yesterday Francis Mortimer McCarthy was fined £2 ls, costs £1 8s 4d, by Mr. J. H. Salmon, S.M., for permitting cattle to wander upon the main road other than in the course of driving stock. He pleaded guilty through Mr. F. W. Hamel. The traffic inspector, Mr. C. J. Petersen, stated that he saw 20 yearlings on the main road three miles south of Patea at 4 p.m. and thought the drover was having afternoon tea. Returning from Waverley at 6 p.m. the stock were still there and wandering all over the road. He came into Patea to get a drover and when they returned some of the cattle were lying on the road and cars were trying to get -through them. ' Mr. Hamel stated that the cattle were in a paddock some distance from Mr. McCarthy's home and were not seen every day. As soon as they were found to be missing he sent a man out after them, but as they had wandered seven miles it took some time to find them. Judgment was given for plaintiff in the following undefended cases: W. T. Simmons v. Tangi Broughton, £3 (costs £1 7s 6d); W. Aitchison's Ltd. v. A. DCanty, £1 5s (costs 8s); Julian Bates v. Tangi Broughton, £4 12s (costs £1 8s 6d); Patea Harbour Board v. George Bosher, 10s 4d (costs 8s); Patea Harbour Board v. C. W. Moore, £1 15s 7d (costs 8s), Judgment was given for plaintiff, L. M. Pope, in a Claim against S. R. Lord for costs £2 6s 9d.