MAGISTRATES COURT.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20918, 27 July 1933, Page 4

MAGISTRATES COURT.

WEDNESDAY. (Before Mr H. P. Lawry, S.M.) UNLICENSED WIRELESS. For being in possession of unlicensed wireless sets, the following were fined with costs: —William Angas, ss; Ernest Joseph Bonisch, ss; Henry Borgfeldt, ss; William Brown, ss; William James Brown. ss; Horace William Bullivant, ss; Gilbert Huli Burton, ss; James Clemens, ss; Kathlyn Alice Collins, ss; Martin Darby, ss; Thomas Darby, ss; Joseph Henry Ede, ss; Kelynge Everest England, ss; James Arthur Frost, 20s; Arthur David Gapes, ss; Robert Gilbert, costs only; Stuart Palairet Godfrey, ss; Royden Pressey Granger, ss; Lionel Hubert Logan, 10s; Arnold ,Walmsley Sellers, ss; John Talbot, ss; Marion Taylor, ss; Austen Watson, ss; Elinor Mary Webster, ss; Charles John Wilson. ss; Eva Wiseman, ss; Reginald William Binns, ss; Arthur Edmonds, ss; Winifred Emmeline Hampton, ss. BREACHES OF UNEMPLOYMENT ACT. Park Davis and Company, Ltd. (Mr W. A. White), pleaded guilty to charges of failing to pay deductions from employees' wages into the Unemployment Board's funds, employing C. W. Franks, a person not registered under the Unemployment Act, and employing persons in arrears with the unemployment levy. Mr R. T. Bailey, officer in charge of the Labour Department at Christchurch, said that an inspector paid a visit to the firm on June 24. and found that the emergency charge had been deducted from the wages of employees but thai there was no record of Unemployment Board stamps having been procured. The amount of the unpaid tax was £230 Is <Jd. Enquiries by the department showed that tiie principals of the linn had no knowledge of the omissions. The clerk who was responsible had joined the firm in April, 1932, but the job had been too bin for him and lie had got inlo a hopeless muddle in this and other matters. The department was satisfied that there had been no attempt on ihe part, of the firm to defraud the Unemployment Board nor of dishonesty on the part of the employee responsible. The latter, instead of advising his principals, when he found things getting beyond him, thought thai he would be able to lix it up before it came to Iheir knowledge. There was no suggestion that the firm had been using the money, which had ''imply been lying in the accounts. The amount was paid into the Post Oilice as soon as the principals of the firm were apprised of the position. The levies of four employes had been paid 21. days late, of one 17 days late, and of another 10 days late. One employee had been late- in registering after reaching the age of 20. A line of £3 and costs on the fir,si. charge and of 20s and costs on each of the other two was imposed. i | KAIAPOI. | (Before Mr E. D. Mosley. S.M.) TRAFFIC CASES. On charges of driving motor-cars in u manner dangerous to the public, E. W. Reeves find A. T. Orange were lined 20s and costs, W. P. Cosgriff 20s and costs, and L'. Pearcy 20s and costs For driving in a negligent manner J. Gordon was fined 20s and costsr On charges of driving <rnotor vehicles without licenses, H. L. Clarke and A. H. Johnston were both fined

15s and costs, H. Guy, J. Y. Moir, and J. Whyte 10s and costs, and L. Clinton was convicted and ordered to pay costs. UNLICENSED WIRELESS SETS. Charged with being in possession of unregistered wireless sets, J. McGrath, H. A. Stone, H. Talnui, W. Taituha, C. A. Walls, and W. S. Wright were each fined 5s and costs. COWS AT LARGE. G. G. Ascho, for permitting 40 cows to be at large on Jackson's road, was lined 10s and costs. NO LIGHTS. For cycling at night without lights A. Smith, G. A. Collister, A. Kennett, K. Penwell, W. Karaitiana, C. Higginson, and J. Lynskey were each fined 10s and costs. M. Bunting was fined ss, and D. Green was fined 5s without costs. B. Tully, on a charge of driving a dray without lights, was fined 15s 'and costs. CIVIL CASE. Judgment for the plaintiff by default was given for the Kaiapoi Borough Council against L. Becks for £ 1 7s od.