EKETAHUNA

Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 May 1941, Page 7

EKETAHUNA

MAGISTRATE’S COURT CASES AT QUARTERLY SITTING YESTERDAY. (“Times-Age” Special.) The quarterly sitting of the Eketahuna S.M. Court was held yesterday. Mr H. P. Lawry. S.M., presiding. The Transport Department, represented by Inspector W. G. Milne, proceeded against the following: Duncan and Sigverlsen, on a charge of having loaded a lorry exceeding the authorised rear axle weight, were fined £1 with costs 10s. On a further charge of having loaded a lorry exceeding the heavy traffic licence weight, the firm was lined £3, with costs 10s. Vincent Capos was fined £2, with costs 10s, for having loaded a lorry in excess of the weight allowed by his heavy traffic licence. Smith and Donovan Services, Ltd., for having failed to carry a vehicle authority was fined ss, with costs 10s. On a charge of having loaded a lorry exceeding the axle weight, the firm was fined £l, with costs 10s. A fine of £3, with costs 10s, was also imposed on the firm for having operated a vehicle whilst carrying a load which exceeded that allowed under the heavy traffic licence. Leslie Alfred Washington and James Edward Treder were charged with having committed mischief. Written pleas of guilty were entered. Constable Turvey, in conducting the case for the police, stated that the charges arose out of an incident which -took place at a recent dance held at Putara. The two accused had interfered with the wiring of a car belonging to Bruce Davidson and had damaged the terminals to the extent of ss. Treder was fined £1 with costs 10s, and Washington was fined £5 with costs'l2s. James Bruce Davidson, for having’ failed to produce a warrant of fitness, was fined 5s with costs 10s. Malcolm Barrie Page was charged with being unlawfully found in possession of two tarpaulins, the property of the Nev/ Zealand Railway Department. Mr P. S. Page, who appeared for defendant, entered a plea of not guilty. Counsel staled that defendant was a farm manager, and when advised by the stationmaster that a quantity of lime was at the station, he (defendant) had asked the stationmaster to hire him two tarpaulins to cover the lime until it was put on the land. The stationmaster had replied that it was not possible to do this on account of the shortage of tarpaulins. However, when the lime was carted to the farm the carrier had covered the lime with the tarpaulins as it was raining, and the District Traffic Inspector of the Railways Department had noticed them while on his way to Eketahuna. In the meantime, the Department had agreed to hire the tarpaulins to the defendant, and payment had already been made. Defendant had obtained no personal benefit by having the tarpaulins. In fining defendant £l, with costs 4s, the Magistrate said he was satisfied that defendant had derived no personal gain by having the tarpaulins in his possession.