MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22135, 3 July 1937, Page 8

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

FRIDAY (Before Mr E. C. Lewey, S.Mj THEFT OF OVERCOAT A man whose name was suppressed was fined £5 and ordered to pay costs. in default 30 days' imprisonment, on a charge of stealing an overcoat, a pair of gloves, a heimet, and goggles, of a total value of £2 16s 6d. Detec-tive-Sergeant Holmes said that the accused had taken the articles at a dance hall. He had been drinking at the Ume * TRAFFIC CASES

Fines with payment of costs (unless otherwise stated), were imposed on the following for breaches of traffic regulations: — „, Driving without licence; —Flora Jessie Oborn, ss; Newman Henry Holland, ss. . ~ Cycling without a light, brake, bell. or reflector —Roy Leo Armstrong. 5s (first charge), costs only (other charges). Cycling -without bell, reflector, or white surface on mudguard—Francis Byrne, 10s (first charge), costs only (other charges). Cycling without light, Ormond George Falconer. 10s; Annie Mac Donald, ss; James McMoran, costs only; Edward James Neal, 10s (no bell, costs only); William Orchard, costs only; Stanley Pepper, 10s; Roy Harvey Robinson, costs only; Douglas Henry Meier, costs only. No number plates on motor-car — Rupert Colin Armstrong, costs only. Cycling on footpath—Margaret Barker, 10s. Careless driving—Ronald .Duncan Cairns, 20s; Wilfred Burnett Myhre, 20s; James Swarbrick, ss. Insufficient lights on motor-car — Bernard Beban, 20s; Betty Findlay, 20s (and for having no licence ss); Edward Bernard Graham, costs only. Insufficient lights on motor-cycle and no licrnce —John Alexander Fleming, 20s (first charge), 5s (second charge). Crossing railway line when not clear —Cyril Arnold KinselJa, 20s. Failing to give way to car on right —William Fairchild Marsh, 20s; Wilfred Laurie Harrison Dodge, 20s. Cycling on outside of more than one other cyclist—Robert Harere McGill, convicted and discharged. LABOUR CASES (Before Mr F. F. Re id, S.M.) OVE .TIME RATES

The Labour Department proceeded against Arthur E. Wright, a butcher (Mr W. R. Lascellos), for failing to pay overtime rates when due to Colin Goring and George Robertson. A penalty of £1 was imposed. The Department also proceeded against Wright for failing to grant Robertson one week's annual holiday at the end of a year's service, or pay one week's wages instead. Mr Lascelles said that the worker had been allowed two weeks at the end of two years. The Magistrate dismissed the vzsc, stating that it should hav; been brought against the employee instead of the employer. THREE PENALTIES

Three penalties of 10s eacn were allowed against James Mayo, a shingle contractor, on information brought by the Labour Department. The complaints were that Mayo had employed C. Cress as a labourer at 15s a day instead of the a\ ard rate. Mvat no similarly employed Harry Rapley at 16s a day instead of the award rate. and that ho tailed to pay wages at weekly intervals. AWARD RATES NOT PAID

A penalty of 10s was imoosed on Thomas Harrall. licensee of the Royal George Hotel (Mr R. Twyneham), for failing to pay Jessie Nicholl the award rates for a general, on information brought by the Labour Department.