ASHBURTON.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12933, 12 October 1907, Page 10

ASHBURTON.

At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, before Ms V. G. Day, 8.M., for riding bicycles after dark without carrying a lignt, John Cairns and L. Bowkett wore each fined 10s and coste.' For riding or driving across the Ashburton tratiic bridge at a greater speed than six miles an hour, tines were imposed against the following:—A. Pawsey, nuing, 10s and cost; S. C. Pilbrow, driving, 10s and cosU; F. R. Hyde, riding n motor cycle, 40s and costs; A. Wilson, driving, 5s and costs; John Sfurphy, riding, 10s and costs; P. M. Ulennie, dming. 6s and coste; W. < Robinson, driving, 10e and costs; E. F. J. Grigg, R. McDonald, W. J. Anderson, John Fleming, ueorge Swain, William Fitzgerald, Charles Lagan, and W. H. Mulligan, driving, eaob 5b and coste. L. Saundera wae fined 20e and costs for driving a traction engine along in a rut on a public road. G. < W. .J. Husband and Wm.. Hawkins were mulcted in like amounts for similar offences. Charges of driving at < over six miles an hour across the Ashburton traffic bridge against John Bay- i lies, Alfred Bray, ana M. Priest were dismissed. Mr Purnell appeared for ' the prosooution, and A. Christie, the County Council's road traffic inspector, < gave evidence in support of eaoh infor- i mation. Charles , Gadd, for whom ,Mr ' Orbell appeared, wae fined. 20s and 1 ooste 16s, for driving a traction engine : along a rut on a public road. Solici- ; tor's fee and the cart of one witness was allowed in this case. ] Judgments for plaintiffs by default ] was given in the civil cases of W. G I McDonald (Mr Buchanan) v. W. Faw- < eett. £1 9s 6d; W. Ttlorrow (Mr Ao- - land) v. G. Bray, £101 Is 3d; Pritdhard 1 Bros. v. W. Harris, £2 l£s 9d. A public ineeting wee held in the i OJdfel lows' Hall," on Thursday evening J to dkcun municipal questions. A ' motion was carried asking the Council ' to uige on the Railway authorities the ] necessity of providing eitner a subway or ovorway near the railway station. A motion was also carried to the effect that the Council be asked to give the use of a building whioh could be used as a public rest room for women and girls. Mrs Lill, during the course of • her remark*, Mid that if the Borough ■ Council would-grant the use, at o nminal rent3l, of a builling in Enet ' street, and give the use of one the ' woms solely for girls, the Wcm , *"-')- ' Christian Temperance Union would t provide a and keep the i piece in order. ■'