MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27734, 11 August 1955, Page 9

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

WEDNESDAY (Before Mr, Rex C. Abernethy, S.M.) REMANDED Charles George Te Rongapatahi, aged 19, a poultry processor, was remanded until Monday on a charge of breaking and entering the counting-house of the North Canterbury Catchment Board on July 16 and committing theft. Bail was allowed in the sum of £25 and one surety of £75 with an order to report to the police daily. Harold MaUrice James Smither, aged 37, a labourer (Mr D. W. Russell) was charged with stealing an overcoat value/1 at £l5, the property of George Louis Taylor, on January 24. He was remanded until today. Bail was renewed in the sum of £25, with one surety of £25. Bruce James Munro, a soldier (Mr A. Hearn), was remanded till today when charged with breaking and entering the house of John Robert Peterson on August 9. Bail was allowed in the sum.of £5O, and one surety of £lOO. NO INCOME TAX RETURNS

For failure to supply income tax returns, the following penalties were imposed: Francis Alexander Jack, and Aquatite Products, Ltd., each fined £3; Peter Arthur James Clough, £3 bn each of two charges; Kelvin John Kane, £2 on each of two charges. OCCUPIER OF CARAVAN FINED. The Waimairi County Council (Mr W. K. L. Dougall) charged Eric Morrison, occupier of premises at 346 Lower Styx road, with suffering a nuisance to arise in that the premises were in such a state as to be dangerous to health, or offensive, contrary to section 27 of the Health Act, 1920 Mr Dougall said Morrison, with his wife and two children, had been living in a caravan, 14ft by 6ft, for the last 18 months. There was no water supply laid on and no facilities for washing or bathing. The place wag so dirty that disease was likely to arise. Ronald Hamilton Gee, an inspector employed by the Waimairi County Council, said neighbours had complained of the conditions prevailing at Morrison’s premises. There were no provisions for washing and the toilet arrangements were primitive in the extreme. After much persuasion, defendant had agreed to shift his quarters by August 20.

In imposing a fine of £2, the Magistrate said: “This is a nominal fine if he gets away. If he does not, the council will know how to act.”