MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25270, 23 August 1947, Page 2

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

FRIDAY (Before Mr F. F. Reid, S.M.) ASSAULT On a charge of assaulting Hugh Taylor Ormandy, Frederick George Ford, a seaman, aged 21, was fined £5. On a further charge of drunkenness he was fined

Ford is one of these immigrants we did not want—he deserted from a ship to get here and has previously been before the Court on two other charges,” said SeniorSergeant G. H. L. Holt, prosecuting for the police. On Thursday evening the accused and his mate got on board a tram in High street. They were standing close to the doorway of the tram when an elderly man pushed his way past the accused to sit down. Ford was seen to smack the eldthe face - T he motorman asked Ford to get off the tram. As the motorman himself was getting off. Ford pushed him down and kicked him in the

“From what, the senior-sergeant says we do not want your type in the country, but now you are here, you must obey its laws, said the Magistrate, imposing the

FALSE PRETENCES Herbert Henry Wilson, a labourer, aged 29, appeared for sentence on a charge that with intent to defraud he obtained from Charles James Montgomery on September 14, £29 10s by falsely representing that a motor-cycle was his property. He was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment with hard labour. TRAFFIC OFFENCES Fines were imposed as follows for offences against the traffic regulations:— .. Fai ltog to give way: Adelaide May Ayling, 10s; Ritchie Minard Mugford, 30s. Cycling at night without a light; Harry Hawthorne, 20s; Allan Colin Blance, 20s. Driving against coloured lights: Harold Edwin McAllister, 10s. AWARD BREACHES The Inspector of Awards (Mr C. P. Collins) proceeded against W. H. Brown, proprietor of the Hotel Cecil (Mr R. A. Young), for failure to pay overtime rates to employees. Mr Collins said private hotel employees had been governed by an award made in 1945 which provided for a 44-hour week. In 1946 an act had been passed reducing the hours to 40. Defendant had failed to pay the overtime until notified, when he had paid the money to the union.

Mr Young, who admitted the breach, said the amendment to the award was something that defendant knew little about. He had had some "tiffs” with the department and had paid into the union, A penalty of £3 against defendant was awarded.

Ainger Airsprays, Ltd. (Mr H. O. Jacobson), admitted a breach of the award in employing L. Kini, who Was not a member of the Painters’ Union. Kini, who was also represented by Mr Jacobson, pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to register with the union. Mr Collins said the breach was not of a serious nature, but one of a type all too frequently met with, and one that gave the department much unnecessary work. Kini had joined the union since proceedings were instituted. The Magistrate fixed a penalty of £2, with costs, on each claim.