Magistrate’s Court £3 Fine For Exceeding Temporary Speed Limit

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28669, 20 August 1958, Page 6

Magistrate’s Court £3 Fine For Exceeding Temporary Speed Limit

“These temporary maximum ■peed limit signs are placed there to protect the road and the work-

men from flying stones and other hazards created by speeding motorists. Although the defendant’s speed was not excessive if things had been normal, it was high in the circumstances,” said Mr E. A. Lee, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, when fining Helen Betty Ensor £3 for exceeding the temporary maximum speed limit of 20 miles an hour on the Main North road on May 5. Ensor, who was represented by Mr G. H. Gould, pleaded not guilty. Traffic Officer J. C. Butterfield, of the Transport Department, said that about 3.10 p.m. he was checking traffic approaching from the north at Belfast with a microwave speed detector. The road from Chaneys corner to the Belfast hotel was under reconstruction by the Ministry of Works, and portions had been tarsealed about two hours previously. A car checked over a distance of about a quarter of a mile gave a reading of 36 miles an hour when a temporary speed limit of 20 miles an hour had been imposed. The car was driven by Ensor and when stopped she admitted the speed and said She was not thinking. He told her she had passed four signs showing the temporary speed limit. The traffic officer produced a certificate of accuracy for the micro wave unit. Mr Gould said that the defendant was travelling towards Christchurch and she slowed down for the roadworks but then increased her speed to what seemed normal when she came to a clear space.

EXCEEDED SPEED LIMIT Phyllis Mary Christie (Mr I. D. Bennetts) who pleaded not guilty was fined £3 for exceeding 30 miles an hour in a gazetted area. Traffic Officer William Wilson, of the Transport Department, said he checked Christie’s speed at 45 miles an hour on the Main North road.

Christie claimed that Traffic Officer Wilson travelled only a short distance behind her car and twice she moved over to the side of the road to allow him to pass. This was denied by the traffic officer.

(Before Mr N. M. Izard, S.M.) LICENCE SUSPENDED “This will be my licence," said Neil Albert Wright when he was stopped on June 20 by Traffic Officer R. A. Gallagher, of the Transport Department, when he was exceeding 30 miles an hour on a motor-cycle in a restricted area and was wearing no safety helmet. Wright appeared on two charges of exceeding 30 miles an hour, on each of which he Was convicted and fined £5, one of wearing no safety helmet for which he was fined £1 and one of . ca f r y in g a Pillion passenger who had’ no safety helmet for which he was fined £l. MaSfetrate suspended Wrights licence for one month.

REMANDED Graham Leslie Park, aged 22 a cook, was remanded to August’2l on a charge of stealing 50 gallons of petrol, valued at £7 18s 4d, “ e Property of the Isaac Construction Company, Ltd., between May 21 and June 3. Bail in the sum of £5O with one surety of £5O was allowed. On a further charge of carrying a passenger on a power cycle Park was convicted and fined £2. The charge was laid by the Christchurch City Council.

AFTER HOURS DRINKING Francis Gardiner, Sidney Terris Robert Burns and Angus Bain were each convicted and fined £3 on charges of being on the licensed premises of the Royal a . ft s, r hours on August 16. «iri’ < H nl , E i, S ’ Tuck - Prosecuting, th» d i* , at > wh ™ the police visited the hotel at 9.50 p.m. there were 23 persons in the bar most of whom were boarders. TRAFFIC CASES m ie sffen <fers, prosecuted by ‘he Transport Department, were dealt with as follows: Driving in a dangerous manner:— Kelvin John Booth £iu and licence cancelled for three months.

Driving at a dangerous speed:— Frederick William Lorgelly £5 and licence cancelled for one month.

Overtaking car stopped at a pedestrian crossing:—Brian William Francis Donaldson, £2 No certificate of fitness:—Smart and Sons, Ltd., £10; Harold Joseph Oakes, £2 (current heavy traffic licence not carried, £3). Exceeding 50 miles an hour:— Albert Barrett, £5; James Pitcaithley, £3. Crossing railway line against warning device:—Clive William Weir, £3. Exceeding 30 miles an hour: — Bernard Thomas Clark, £4; •Cornelius AiTtonius De Nries, £3. Desmond Francis Nuttall, £2; i Edward Henry Overton. £3; Frant Wilhelm, £3; Patrick Valentine Murphy, £3. No driver’s licence:—Alan Baldwin, £3 (overloading motorcycle, £2, no warrant of fitness. £1). Failing to stop for school patrol:—Agnes Anderson, £3. Selling motor vehicle without warrant of fitness:—Hilman Ernest Hornbrook, £5. Driving without due care and attention:—William Fergus McCormick, £5. Unlicensed goods service:—Culverden Sawmills. Ltd.. £4: Stoneyhurst Sawmilling Co., Ltd.. £5. No light on bicycle:—Edward Mactier Ferguson, 10s. Passing on intersection:— Joseph Paterick Callaghan, £3. Aiding and abetting in the commission of an offence:—Staneslaw Predki, £5. Traffic offenders, prosecuted by the City Council, were dealt with as follows: Driving at speed which might have been dangerous:—Robert James Chamberlain. £lO. Exceeding 30 miles an hour: Ivan Lyall Holmes, £2; William Henry Keith Boon. £1; Clifford John Cairns, £3 (no safety helmet £l, no helmet for pillion passenger £1); Desmond Robert Campbell, £2; Albert Maniheis Duder. £2 (no safety helmet £1); Imre Fulop. £3: Anthony James Gardiner, £3 (no warrant of fitness. convicted and discharged»; Peter Arthur McCrae Gibson, £3 (no safety helmet £1); Kenneth Arthur Greenwood, £3: George Murray Harris. £2: Lionel Walter siunter, £2; John Josephus Kerk-

hofs, £3; Clive Ernest Longdm. £3; Henry Robson, £2; Gordon Herbert Roxburgh, £5 (no safety helmet £l, no helmet for passenger £l, licence suspended for three months); Bruce Vincent Smith, £3 (no safety helmet £1); Stanley Wilfred Smith, £2; Robert John Walker, £2.

Failing to give way: Myrtle Mary May, £3; Hilbury Robert Burt, £5 (no warrant of fitness £2); Norton Victor Ching, £5; Raymond John Moore, £3; Brian Philbrick. £5 (no warrant of fitness £3); Harold George Sleeman, £5 (failing to give way to pedestrian £2): David Gordon Snelgrove, £2; John Taomi Rikihana, £3. Parking offences: William G. Brian, £2; Noel Carlton Dennison, £1; Robert Gordon Patrick Dunn, £2; James Carson Gilbert, £2: Norman Leslie Hider, £4; Jan Hoogland, £1; James Henry Hurring, £1; Theodorus Everadus Jurrius, £2; Cyril McGregor, £2; Ralph Ainsley Spiers, £2; Arthur Norman Stone. £3. No warrant of fitness: John Dennis Brown, £2; Kevin Duffield. £2; Terrance Leonard Foster, £1; George Green, £2: Neil Leonard Hancock, £2; Robert Albert Porter. £1 (no licence £2); David Bartlett Stokes, £3.

Insufficient lights on vehicle: Norman Austin Francis Gillman, £1; George Campbell Bartlett, £2; Athol McKenzie Stewart. £5. Driving without due care and attention: Leslie Alfred Eastwick, Overtaking within 30 feet of intersection: Alan Thomas Norman, £5.

Failing to stop at compulsory sign: Richard Allan Wild, £4 (failing to produce driver’s licence £2, no warrant of fitness £1); Robert Moynihan, £5. Exceeding 20 miles an hour on power cycle: Walter Alec Marrin er, £l.

Parking meter offences: Kenneth lan Armour, .£4; Miland Desmond Korunic. £2; Raines Irving Bloxham, £l2: John Cameron Lewis (two charges), £8: Victor Raymond Maffey, £1 (registration plates not affixed £2); Elizabeth Jane Mayell, £3 Failing to conform with the directional flow of traffic: David George Humpheries, £2; Anthony Walter John Lancaster, ,£2. Unlicensed vehicle:—• Ronald Russell Foster £3 (no warrant of fitness £1); Gavin Robert Gilbert £2.

Carrying passenger side-saddle on motor cycle:—Maurice Arnold Brailey £l. Using unlicensed motor cycle:— Robert Cecil Ayers £2 (no driving licence £l* no warrant of fitness £l, ’ carrying person in front of driver convicted and discharged). Trailer without safety chain: — Sidney James Evans £2. CIVIL CASES (Before Mr Raymond Ferner, S.M.) JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF In a civil cdse judgment was given for the Middleton Timber Company, Ltd., against R. R. Biggs for £lO7 10s Bd. JUDGMENT SUMMONSES

The following orders were made on judgment summonses: — A. O. S. Carlaw was ordered to pay Wardells, Ltd., £l2 9s 9d. in default 14 days’ imprisonment; Dennis McGonagle Blake to pay the Commissioner of Inland Revenue £24 9s lOd, in default 26 days’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while £1 a week is paid; Joseph Parata to pay Commissioner of Inland Revenue £ll2 16s sd, in default 3 months' imprisonment, warrant suspended while £5 a week is paid; A Le Bretton to pay B. A. Murray £3 18s in default 4 days’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while 5s a week is paid; A. I. S. Carlaw to pay Taylors Cleaners and Dyers, Ltd.. £24 7s Id, in default 26 days’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while £2 a week paid; W. Cunneen to pay Ivy Corona -Watson £24 ss, in default 26 days’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while £2 a week is paid; Andrew Bruce McKenzie to pay Commissioner of Inland Revenue £2O 16s 9d. in default 22 days’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while £2 a week is paid: Leslie Williams to pay Commissioner of Inland Revenue £7 4s, in default 8 days’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while £2 a week is paid; Frederick Arthur Keith Gerrard to pay Commissioner of Inland Revenue £63 12s 7d, in default 66 days’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while £2 a week is paid: Claire Eleanor Groves to pay Commissioner of Inland Revenue £4 18s 9d, in default 5 days’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while £2 a week is paid: R. Moher to pay Andrew Lees, Ltd.. £l4 3s 6d, in default 16 days' imprisonment. PLAINTIFF NON-SUITED (Before Mr E. A. Lee, S.M.) The plaintiff, Arthur Douglas Turoa Webster, a carpenter of| Otaki (Mr R. W. Edgeley) was non-suited in a claim for £96 18s 2d made against A. B. Holmes, a horse trainer of Yaldhurst (Mr P. G. S. Penlington). The amount was claimed by Webster for wages between March 2, 1957, and June 3, 1957, when employed by Holmes at the rate of £8 2s 2d a week. Costs were awarded to the defendant.