MAGISTRATE'S COURT

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22337, 26 February 1938, Page 11

MAGISTRATE'S COURT

FRIDAY (Before Mr F. F. Reid, S.M.) THEFT CHARGE Thomas Robert Stringer, a bank Cleric, was charged with the theft on February 22 of £3OO, the property of the Bank of New Zealand. Detective-Sergeant J. Bickerdike said a larger sum would probably be involved, and he asked for a remand until March 7. The remand was agreed to. Stringer, who did not apply for bail, was not represented by counsel. TRAFFIC OFFENCES For breaches of the traffic regulations the following were fined and ordered to pay costs, unless otherwise stated:—

Cycling without light: Clifford Yeatman 10s, William Thompson 10s (no reflector and no white mudguard costs cnly)', William Mitchell 10s, Arthur Douglas Meadows 10s, Stanley Baylis 10s, Frederick John William Andrews ss, Mona Amer ss, Leonard Crothall ss, Leonard Harding 10s, Leslie Charles Thomas Hawtin 10s, William John Heap ss, Robert George Kinley l°s, Alexander MacLaine ss. Cycling on footpath: Nellie Gallavin ss, Percy George Godfrey 10s, Francis William Quinn 5s (cycling without lisht 10s), Seth Scofield 10s.

No driver's licence: Hilton Adams os (no warrant of fitness costs only 1 * .Careless driving: Thomas Herbert Allen 30s.

Crossing the railway line when line jot clear: Frederick Douglas Blackburn 20s.

No reflector, no white mudguard. «nd no bell: Leonard Crothall. cost? cnly;

No warrant of tness: T. R. Williams, 30s (no tail light 10s). No tail light: Percy Harry Summerton 10s.'

Failure to give way: Douglas James ■lJawker 20s, Jack Selwyn Edward Wiggs 20s, William Henry Young 20s I, a motor-cycle without iifi 1 f Jack Ernes t Stapleton 5s (fail*'o to stop 10s, no driver's licence CQ *ts only). Insufficient lights: Peter Smith 20s. GAMING CHARGE of £2O, in default three P™ s imprisonment, was imposed Prnth E - C - Lev 'Voy, S.M., on Edwin roinero for using premises as a commo» gaming house.