Magistrate’s Court Two-Year Disqualification For “Shocking ” Driving

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30541, 9 September 1964, Page 7

Magistrate’s Court Two-Year Disqualification For “Shocking ” Driving

“These were examples of shocking driving; and the only proper course is to remove him from the road for some considerable time,” Mr K. H. J. Headifen, S.M., said in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday when he convicted Paul Lawrence Talbot, aged 17, a painter and paperhanger (Mr J. F. Burn), on charges of driving at a speed which might have been dangerous on August 20, and in a manner which might have been dangerous on June 24. On the charge of driving in a manner which might have been dangerous, Talbot was | fined £l2, and his licence was i cancelled for one year. On i the other charge, he was fined '£B and his licence was cancelled for one year, the periods of disqualification to be cumulative.

Mr Burn entered pleas of guilty. Traffic Sergeant J. McMorran said that at 8.15 a.m. on June 24 Traffic Officer J. Kinghorn was passed in- Cranford street by a car travelling between 40 and 45 miles an hour. In Sherborne street, the traffic officer’s speed reached 55 miles an hour, but Talbot’s car increased its lead. The defendant’s speed in Bealey avenue and Barbadoes street was about 50 miles an hour. Talbot told the traffic i officer that he was late for work, and when he saw the traffic officer, he thought he would “give it a go.” Traffic Sergeant McMorran said that the circumstances on August 20 were similar, except that Traffic Officer W. Noster checked the speed at 55 miles an hour in Bealey avenue. Talbot’s excuse was that he was late for work, and had not watched his speedo. Mr Burn said that Cranford street, which was common to both offences, was a form of through-way, with give-way signs on most of the side streets. LICENCE CANCELLED

On a charge of careless driving on July 9, Gary Arthur Nash, aged 19, a labourer, was convicted and fined £B, and his licence was cancelled for six months. On charges of not having a driver’s licence and a warrant of fitness, he was fined £4 and £3. He did not appear and no plea was entered. Traffic Officer L. Wilkinson said that at 9.35 p.m. on July 9 the defendant drove a light truck on the Papanui road roundabout at a speed of about 20 miles an hour, the vehicle spilling petrol on to the road. At a slight bend in Horner street, the defendant wrenched the wheel to the left, again spilling petrol. At the intersection of Loftus street, Nash swung wide to the wrong side of Horner street and then hard to the left, going completely on to the incorrect side of the road in Loftus street, again spilling petrol.

FINED £5 < On a charge of failing to j give way to the right at the s intersection on Colombo < street and Brougham street < on June 27, Kenneth James 1 Harman, an airman, was con- : victed and fined £5. He pleaded not guilty. FINED £3 1 Charged with careless driving at the intersection of ’ Merivale lane, Clissold street, j and Repton street on July 23, ' Edward Henry Lubbers, a blocklayer (Mr J. G. Ruther- , ford), pleaded not guilty. He ' was convicted and fined £3. The Magistrate said that it was a case of failure to keep a proper look-out, rather than reckless driving. CHARGE DISMISSED A charge against George Turner Long, aged 72, a . pensioner (Mr M. D. Hodgins), of failing to give way to the right was dismissed. Long pleaded not guilty. The Magistrate said that Long took every precaution necessary, but Ewart Harris Price, driving a truck, had not attempted to avoid a collision. REMANDED George Thomas Body, aged 21, a farmhand, was remandled in custody to September 14 on a charge of breaking and entering at Hororata on I September 5. TRAFFIC CASES I In cases brought by the City Council traffic departiment, convictions were entered' and fines imposed as follows: ' Exceeding 30 miles an hour: Dennis John Alsop, £4; Terence Raymond Disomma, £2: Anthony Albert Gerretzen, £3; Herbert Henry Schluter, £3; David Gordon Addie, £4; Peter Josephus Adolfs, £5; Douglas Anthony Alison, £3; Theodore Herman Althuis, £4; Henk Banens, £4; Ethel Abigail Britt, £4; Beatrice Ellinor Burrows, £4: Gordon Graeme Coull, £5: Aureka Cowan, £4: Alan Leslie Dixon, £4: Henry Robert Escott. £4; James Robert Fogo, £4; Dennis William Forrest, £3: Murry "ree, £4: Lester Raymond Robert Garlick, £4 (failing to produce driver’s licence, £3): Desmond Douglas Gregory, £3: Bruce Alfred Hardy. £4 (no driver’s licence £5); Kevin Wilfred Heywood, I £3; Dean Carlton Howe, £3; ■ Russell Herbert Jellyman, £3; i Bruce Rhind Francis JohnI ston, £4; lan Alexander Kinnaird, £3; Norinne Lucas, £3; I Donald Henry McGeachie, £3; Hugh Alexander Mclntosh, £5: Murray Clyde Meikle, £4: William Patrick Meredith, £4; Anthony David Milne, £4: William Allan Palmer, £4; James Stewart Patrick. £4; David 3 Ray Penter, £4; Graeme | Donald Peters, £4: Esme Pilkington. £3: Clifford Bruce I Pugh, £7; Desmond George

Riley, £3; Brian Alexander Scott, £3: James Charles Sewell, £4; Richard John Sheehy, £4; Frederick James Sheridan, £5; Noeline Stella Sincock, £4; Russell Albert Smith, £4; Peter Stewart, £4; Christopher William Stonehouse, £4; Cyril John Tansey,. £3; Murray David Thompson, £3; Francis Charles Vaughan, £2; John David Walshe, £2; Myles Patrick Williams, £4; Margaret Anthea Withell, £3. Failing to stop at compulsory stop: Donald Everet Scoffin, £3; Ernest Joseph Cain, £4; George William Climo, £4; Stanley Falkingham, £4; Barrie Frederick Thomas Hill, £4; Otto Kraushaw, £4; Elisabeth Page, £3; Margaret Fawcett Sorrell, £2; Murray James Watson, £3. Failing to give way to right: William David Kean, £5. Failing to comply with I traffic lights: Kenneth Laurie I Archer, £B. No driver’s licence: Ernest i Edward McEwan, £4 (exceeding 30 miles an hour, £4); Daniel Arta Tinsley Tinirau, £7; Daniel Brizzell, £5; Ashley William Mile’s, £7; Brian James Moore, £4 (no warrant of fitness, £3); Colin Cornelius O’Brien, £4 (no warrant of fitness, £3). No warrant of fitness: Ivan Walter Dennison, £2 (unlicensed vehicle, £4, no safety chain on trailer, £1); Donald Owen Williams, £3. No certificate of fitness: McGuire and Company, £4. Noisy vehicle: Malcolm Alfred Jacobs, £3. Exceeding heavy-traffic licence: Eric Athol McNaughton, £5. No safety chain attached: Robin Ernest Teale, £2. Careless driving: Ernest Joseph Winifred Petrovic, £8 and disqualified for three months. Parking offences: Brian Thomas Horton, £4 (two charges). (Before Mr E. S. J. Crutchley, S:M.) LICENCE CANCELLED Ross Kenneth Taylor, aged 19, was fined £7, and his licence was cancelled for 12 months, on a charge of riding a motor-cycle at a speed which might have been 'dangerous on July- 4. The suspension of licence is to take effect on September 15. Traffic Officer P. Kilroy said he checked Taylor’s machine at 37 miles an hour in Ferry road, 50 miles an hour on the road tunnel approach, and 52 miles an hour on Port Hills road. There were some children and a girl on a horse on the side of the road.

Taylor, in evidence, admitted exceeding 30 miles an hour, but said he did not consider his speed might have been dangerous. He slowed at the intersections. He had made adjustments to the machine and was testing it. FINED £3

Rubin Howell Court, a research worker, pleaded not guilty to driving in Cashel street on July 3 with insufficient lights and having no driver’s licence. He was fined £2 for having no licence, and £1 on the other charge.

CIVIL CASES JUDGMENT SUMMONSES The following orders were made on judgment summonses: S. Manawatu, married woman,. River road,, to pay Doo Dick Ng £59 10s, in default 81 days imprisonment, warrant suspended while 10s a week is paid: M. W. Kool. also known as M. S. Kool, married woman, Ruskin street, to pay T. Armstrong and Company, Ltd., £37 Ils 7d (39 days or £1 a week); D. M. , Mitchell, Manchester street, to pay Glentunnel Service Stores. Ltd., £l6 14s Id (IS days or £1 a week); T. Hodder, panel beater. Cooke street, to pay Stewart Dawson, Ltd., £35 15s <3B days or £1 a week): J. Logari, labourer, Roche street, to pay Cashmere Garage, Ltd., £l7 7s'Bd <lB days or £1 a week); S. Litt, workman, Pitcairn crescent, to pay. Westminster Motors, Ltd., £5B 2s <6O days or £1 peter ee King, farm labourer. Broadfield, to pay Motor Sellers, Ltd., £B7 15s 3d (90 days or £1 a week); Douglas Thomas Denley, painter, Bainton street, to pay Lester and Storer, Ltd., £65 15s (68 days or 10s a week); Neill Gordon Jamieson, labourer, Sppingston, to pay Cash Order Purchases, Ltd., £24 16s 6d (26 days or £1 a week); N. Hogwood, motor dealer, Collins street, to pay Papanui Wrecking Company, Ltd., £25 15s (27 days, or £1 a week): B. Dungee, grocer, Oxford street. Lyttelton, to pay the Southern Bottling Company, Ltd., £42 Ils 2d (44 davs); J. Riley, joiner, Pembroke street, to pay W. W. Keighley and Company. Ltd.. £3 9s 9d (three days). J. Carus. fishmonger, Clyde Fish Supply, Riccarton road, to pay B, R. Shackel £54 6s <56 days or £1 a week); B. McDougall, married woman. Bournemouth crescent, to pay Drapery and General Importing Company, Ltd., £22 Ils 2d <24 days, or 10s a week): J. M. Kerr, workman, Armagh street, to pay D.LC. £22 19s 2d (25 days or £1 a week): F. McDonald, married woman. Convoy street, to -pay A. Moore £3 10s <four days or 10s a week); Rex Ernest Williams, driver, Purirl street, to pay F. G. and S. Wuromus £142 16s lid <9O days or £1 a week): D. Allsop, fire section, R.N.Z.A.F., Wigram, to pay B. J. and W. M. L. Marshall £ll 3s 2d <l2 days or £1 a week).

D. L. Brooks, labourer. Hollywood avenue, to pay N. S. Spiers. Ltd.. £39 15s (41 days or £1 a week): J. King, carpenter, Ontario place, to pay D. Mcßride £4 Ils 8d (five days or £1 a week): B. Gardener, workman. Middlepark road, to pay F. H. Parker £8 Is Id (nine days' or £1 a week); M. Harrison, married woman, Bournemouth crescent, to pay Bunt’s Florists £2 Ils 6d (three days): A. Lawrence, workman, . Paddington street, to pay Midway Service Station, Ltd.. £4 13s 4d (five days); D. Harrop, workman. Beach road, to pay Bower Service Station, Ltd., £67 Ils 7d (70 davs or £1 a week). V. A. Mantell, married woman, Gosport street, to pay Calder Mackay and Company. Ltd., £3O 9s (32 days or 10s a week); James F. Cornfield, worker, Waikuku. to pay F.A.M.E. Insurance Company, Ltd., £43 9s (45 davs or £1 a week): Keith Alistair Diehl, driver. Barnes road, to pay Vivian Charles Anngou £lB6 6s lOd (90 days or £1 a week); K. A. Diehl to pay Auto Ignition. Ltd.. £l5 0s 4d (16 davs or £1 a week); K. A. Diehl to pay Farquhar’s But-

chery, Ltd., £lO 9s 9d (12 days or £1 a week); M. H. McGoverne, married woman. Hollywood avenue, to pay D.I.C. £l5 15s 3d (17 days or 10s a week). N. Wakefield, Cygnet street, to pay Trevor A. Humphries, Ltd., £23 4s 7d (25 days or £1 a week); J. G. Somlay, artisan, Quebec street, to pay International Phonographic Society £l6 6s (17 days or £1 a week); P. A. Tucker, labourer, Paparoa street, to pay Williams Motor Electrics £l6 0s 6d (17 days or £1 a week); A. Vince, worker. Morley street, to pay Beath and Company, Ltd., £3O 17s 6<f (32 days or 10s a week); A. Cassidy, married woman, Auburn avenue, to pay Daileys Grain and Produce Stores, Ltd., £6 (seven days or 10s a week). POSSESSION ORDERS Graham David Weir, freezing worker, and Pauline Mary Weir, his wife, were ordered to give up possession of a house at 53 Godley avenue, to the State Advances. Corporation of New Zealand and to pay arrears of rent and costs amounting to £37 14s 6d. Barry John Guest, driver, was ordered to give up possession of a house at 14 Derrett place to Henry John Pheloung and to pay arrears of rent and costs amounting to £63 12s.