MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 November 1939, Page 7

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

SITTING IN MASTERTON TODAY. MOTORING AND OTHER CHARGES. A sitting of the Masterton Magistrate’s Court was held this morning before Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M. On a charge of driving a motor car in Queen Street on October 2 without due care and attention, Hugh Campbell was fined £1 and costs. The Borough Traffic Inspector, Mr J. McGregor, proceeded against John L. Luney for having no driver’s licence for the car he was driving. Defendant was fined £1 and costs. Lawrence K. Reenberg was charged with exceeding the speed limit of 30 miles per hour on Opaki Road, in the borough of Masterton, on October 14. Mr McGregor said defendant crossed a blind intersection at about 40 miles per hour. Defendant was fined £2 and costs.

On charges of having unlicensed radio sets, H. Rangi was fined 10s and costs and C. P. Ward was fined £2 and costs.

The county ranger laid three informations against F. Price in respect to straying horses. After hearing defendant’s explanation, the Magistrate imposed a fine of 5s per head each time they were impounded, the fines being £2, £1 5s and £1 10s respectively, with costs 20s 6d in each case. The borough ranger proceeded against L. Mitchell for allowing stock to stray. Defendant was fined 5s and costs. The Inspector of Factories, Mr E. G. Sherrock, proceeded against the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Distributing Co., on a charge of employing shop assistants after noon on the statutory closing day on September 23 contrary to the provisions of the Shops and Offices Act.. A plea of guilty was entered. Defendants were fined 10s mid costs, the Magistrate treating the infringement as an emergency matter. It was explained that the company had been granted permission to work overtime on Thursday and in order to allow an employee to go into camp, the men had volunteered to work on Saturday afternoon. CIVIL CASES. Judgment for plaintiff by default was given in the following undefcndec’ civil cases: —Edwin Sims, Junr., trading as E. Sims and Co. versus Charles Tyacke, £2, costs £1 5s 6d; Vincent Seymour Wilton versus W. Lethaby. £4, costs £1 12s 6d; Whiteman Bros. Ltd. v. W. B. Printz, £25 6s 2d. costs £4 Is 6d; John Graham and Co., Ltdv. O. Shute, 12s 4d, costs 14s; Avon Cecil Tatton and Stanley Lyell Tatton v. W. De Latour, £5 5s 9d,- costs £1 13: 6d. On a judgment summons W. :7. W James was ordered to pay to V. S. Wilton the sum of £1 2s 6d forthwith, in default two days’ imprisonment, t