MAGISTRATES COURT

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23323, 8 May 1941, Page 12

MAGISTRATES COURT

(Before Mr G. G Chishola^'flß^^B! EMPLOYEE NOT REINST^H^B The first case under the Re-establishment Regulatirt»jpßMMS was heard when were charged with that reinstate an employee at' tion of his military McGregor conducted the Labour Department and appeared for the defendant bert Leonard Charles Cox ployee concerned. , To Mr McGregor. Cox had been a bakehouse labouit«y^H| ing £4 15s a week when emp£n^^^H| the defendant firm, for about 10 years. Witness. aftfisHHi been in camp from January 6,tipaßHl 29, had applied for his old m|HHp but was told his services vrajjjmKtffi be required. Since then, with^H^^K ception of part of a week’s• had been receiving sustenance;|(fflHß^ leaving for camp there was nblSBHi in the bakehouse, but when turned there was a girl, who work the same as he used tnaaMßMi said. Before entering camQJS^BHP been told by Taigel, his empl(Hß|nj his job would not be open to his return, and he had then-m|H^bj against military service, but-wnHI sured by Mr J. S. Barnett, cukHHHr of the Manpower Committee; thS^Bf: position would still be his. Mr Young maintained that exoressing dissatisfaction witht&H|HH| ditions of his work, had would not be coming back territorial service and. on that‘«|aßH| tion, the business had been Consequently, there was now for Cox to do. In < Henry Taigel, a director market. Ltd., said h° had • foreman’s word that Cox wouldmnH* resuming his work with the had -definitely not told Cox employment would cease tered camp. “I can’t say that the defendijafaMMi answered the case,” said the\U&|B trate. “The position amountst||flL reorganisation necessary by sence in camp was found satisfartSpß’ and there is now no Cox. That is why these have been brought about. 1 camo must not be penalised." defendant firm was fined £2 dered to pay costs, and'an ordefraHWi made for the payment of £lO as wages lost. > "OFFENSIVE ' Buckley Bros., the operators of 4w|B bitskin business at 26 Whitmore were prosecuted by the City CouißH for carrying on “an offensive: without having the premises tered. Mr W. R. council, said that 100,000 skins through the place in a year, had been complaints from about smells, rats, and flies. NegoW'H tions to get the premises movedalitM been begun by the council in legal action had been necessitated'»J|H the several delays. :MIH Mr R. A. Young, for the said that the business had been thmlß for 40 years. The council had mitted Buckley Bros, to carry <m wMBMI looking for another site. places submitted had not bcen.*lipß proved by the council. Wbema: mhIB in Woolston was found, tb? IjtyuHS took so long over the the property was sold. ■ Some time ago a statemerit, ; ’njMreß by all the neighbours except ' ■ was made out. saying that th#>tn»J.B was not offensive to them. - SincfcflMßpJ a cat and do~ rest home had befraiiß tablished next door, where' rabbits were bred, and dead aninßH were buried, but not deeply Agitation had begun since was set up. Mr Young said. .''JjjHnfH Mr Lascelles said that the Awn Protection Society kept its place|Hß9H clean, whereas Buckley Bros. and the delay in dealing with thO||S plication to the council wds’ mal one which would occur, in terval between committee.and T coui»|SW meetings. 1 Mr Chisholm said that the to do was to adjourn the cfie.eljifhJpß months to see that the defendantajplM . the necessary steps. UNAUTHORISED PRICE maß| Johnson and Couzins,. a fined £2 and ordered to pay sown;. I fee. £3 3s, for selling a stack made from wool packs, to T. terton at a higher price than tmlMjpfl article was sold for 12 but .without authority, an offenoESfeJ der the Price Stabilisation EmOMBBSM Regulations. Mr A. W. Brown agWBHM for the Crown and Mr E A. ZmWmSM the defendants. Mr Brown how the increase (from £3 Iflß-'Mmaa £6 10s) was not as bad as it seemed*}® first sight. Mr Lee said that4he.,»*<j« crease had now been approved.by Tribunal. '‘'T-U INTOXICATED DRIVER ..^*l A fine of £lO was imposed .on, A btM thur Thomas Malone, a mechanic. fi |I|H 33, for being intoxicated in chargeafeptM a motor-car in Lincoln on May-fl/MBraa lone, who pleaded guiltv. was OTdegßai to pay costs and his driving IiCCTCcaM was cancelled, and he was prbhibrWjM from obtaining another for 12 mtWwjpß After running into a parked motor-map he was arrested and certified bv'TOaßl W. A. Johnston, of Linpoln, and ;DW|| F. L. Scott, Christchurch, as being un-ril fit to drive. , Mr A. F. Wright, for Malone.: safety. | that his client after a hard day’s I with no solid meal, felt unwelL : “prescribed for himself some rum. employer was willing to retain his vices and the offence could t be with a fine, Mr Wright suggested;