MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25274, 28 August 1947, Page 3

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

ZD r WEDNESDAY (Before Mr F. F. Reid, S.M.) S?£ D . CEMENT WITHOUT PERMITS see? hi""ra. persons using cement were r neighbours, who did not me n nd were reported to the buildsafd M? A Ue w ilch led to prosecutions. Iht coitroim 1 ?’,? own "?° a PPeared for ca^V^ld” 16531 “F« e cemeST 8 The EWt^i^iS o£ their k,nd Court must feel some syinnathv P e °Ple; but the position reeardmaterials is very serious ’’ E SI 'Y hen the case against R. Vni?noT 42 Mackworth street (Mr Rj £ Young), for erecting a garage without a permit, was heard. Mr Brown said that SUl bUilt H a garage Of p?e- S c a ast con! blocks, and explained that he was de^ r ol?„i? r a place to keep •>" “r . ent was a returned serviceman n^ l o+^ river * who h ad made repeated apam™”? ■ ,he bulldin S controller for 1 ,<wiee a week, said Mr Young. YSm d , so 10n 6 Without a reply that to“ set "o n W h S ln d ? nEer o£ beginning SboSt*'!" he went ahead and used g ‘L ? he had not used ‘he throueh country would have .lost it mrough the dilatoriness of the building controller.” said Mr Young 8 Cairns was fined £3. L C Malcolm, 98 Sullivan avenue (Mr 7*’ Bowie), was fined 20s for using mi? ItO construct P ath s without a perBeaton street (Mr J. D. HutchImiiri’ 2^ aS o fined £2 for using cement to permit a 9uanum without obtaining a

AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION FINED e Pt £5 was imposed on theAuto(Canterbury) IncorF. W. .Johnston) for proWlth th e construction of a room and dormer window at 151 Worcester street without a permit. A W. Brown, who appeared for the building controller, said that the defendant had applied for a permit to erect a - winaow. When an inspector visited the site, he found that much of the work had been done. The cost was estimated at between £3O and £35. The association’s explanation was that it did not know that application for a permit had to be made.

Mr Johnston who entered a plea of guilty, said there was no question of pecuniary gain to the association. The work was the completion of a job started a number of years ago. SALES WITHOUT PRICE ORDER For selling 225 pairs of women's moccasins while a notice prohibiting the sale of such goods was in force ana the Price Tribunal had not made a price order covering the goods or approved of a selling price for them, Charles Levy, trading as Jay Ell Leathercrafts, 210 A Tuam street (Mr A. N. Mackay), was fined £5. For the Price Tribunal, Mr J. D. Hutchison said the moccasins came within the scope of the prohibition order, and one of the difficulties was that retailers and agents did not know what price they could charge. When accused made application for an approved price, he got one nearly the same as that at which he had sold the goods. Mr Mackay said that Levy had foolishly relied on false information. This was the only case in which he had offended, and had done so unwittingly. CREAM NOT ACCOUNTED FOR Several vendors were charged with failing to account for cream supplied to them. A recent investigation at Christchurch showed that an astonishing amount of cream was being disposed of illegally, and this was having a serious effect on butter rationing and the amount of butter going overseas, said Mr Brown, who prosecuted. The charges, the first to be brought at Christchurch, were laid under regulations by which cream vendors received permits and were required to account for the sale of all cream supplied, he said.

Ernest Garnett Barker, a milk vendor, pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to account for 56 pints of cream received in April, May, arid June last. Defendant had admitted drawing cream to supply persons who did not have permits, said Mr Brown. Barker was fined 20s.

For failure to account for 41J pints of cream, Co-lin Gimblett, a milk vendor, of 1278 Hackthorne road, who pleaded guilty through Mr A. C. Perry, was fined 20s. Accused had admitted selling cream to persons without permits to compete with other vendors; but he had not been doing as much as others 'had been getting away with, said Mr Brown. -*”• - “It’s the same old story of assisting clients,” said Charles Holstein, a milk vendor, 314 Lyttelton street, who was fined £2 for failing to account for 78 pints of cream between June 1 and June 30. Clifford Alexander Reid, a milk vendor, 474 Madras street (Mr E. T. Layburn), was fined £2 for failing to account for 96 pints of cream received in April, May, and June. For failing to account for 205 pints of cream received during May and June last, Morris John Parkin, a milk vendor, of Wainoni road (Mr A. C. Perry), was fined £3. On a further charge of not being licensed as a retailer to sell rationed goods (cream), he was ordered to pay costs.

UNLAWFUL SUPPLY OF CREAM For unlawfully supplying cream, Jo>hn Boag Henderson, a milk vendor, of 36 Waimai'ri road, was fined £5. Mr Brown said that an inspector found that accused was selling cream quite openly. Along Stafford street there were a large number of (bottles at gates, which appeared to contain cream. CREAM BELOW STANDARD Douglas A.' Cherry, of 48 Russley road, was fined £3 for unlawfully selling cream which did not comply with the standards prescribed in that it failed td stand up to the reductase test, and was ordered to pay costs because the dream contained less than 40 parts per cent, of milk .fat. NO PERMIT FOR WORKSHOP He did not know that he needed a permit, as he had used materials from a fowlhouse and macrocarpa and pinus timbers, said L. McMillan, of Port Hills road, who admitted building a workshop without obtaining a permit. Mr Brown said that accused had applied for a permit, and when an inspector called, he found that the work had been completed. McMillan was convicted and ordered to pay costs. CONVICTED AND DISCHARGED Pleading not guilty to a charge of constructing a garage without a permit, L. Le Breton was convicted and discharged. It was possible that defendant was under a misapprehension, but he did not see how, said Mj? Brown. On a site plan of Le Breton’s house there was provision for a garage: but the permit issued was for a dwelling and a garage was not mentioned. Le Breton said that he had been told by his builder that it would be all right to construct a shed, which he had done himself during week-ends. REMANDED John Arthur Crawford, a cook, aged 57 (Mr D. J. Hewitt), was remanded to appear on September 1 on a charge of stealing a suitcase and contents valued at £46 9s 6d, the property of Elsie Kathleen Smith. NAMES SUPPRESSED A young man whose name was ordered to be suppressed, in the meantime, was remanded to appear on September 3 on a charge of converting a motor-car. Bail was allowed at £5O, and one- surety of £5O. A young woman, whose name was ordered to be suppressed, pleaded guilty to a charge of false pretences. She was ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within 12 months. THEFT OF TIMBER Arthur Alexander Hood, a labourer, aged 42 (Mr K. J. McMenamin), pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing timber of a total value of £l2 Is sd, over a period of 18 months, the property of A. J. White, Ltd. Detective-Sergeant A. A. Herron said that the company had noticed the disappearance of materia] from the factors'. A watcn was kept, and the accused was seen with some timber. His home had been searched, and a quantity of timber was found. Accused had then admitted the theft, and it was ascertained that he had been using the stolen timber to make furniture, which he had sold. Mr McMenamin said that the thefts were small, and that Hood had been quite frank about the matter. It was the first time he had ever had any trouble of this kind. “In stealing this timber you committed a crime, as well as putting a certain amount of suspicion on your fellowworkers. You were also robbing your employer in order that you might profit,” said the Magistrate, ordering him to come up for sentence within 18 months if called upon. An application for the suppression of his name was refused. DESERTED SHIP Edward Downey, a ship’s fireman,,, aged 32, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labour for deserting the overseas ship Ruafiine. He pleaded guilty. - -■