Magistrate's Court Fined £20 And Disqualified For Possibly Dangerous Speed

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30725, 14 April 1965, Page 9

Magistrate's Court Fined £20 And Disqualified For Possibly Dangerous Speed

On a charge of driving at e speed which might have been dangerous on Novemoer 8. Roger Aylmer Rattray, aged 19 (Mr P. G. S. Penlington). was convicted and fined 120 and disqualified from driving for one year by Mr E. A. Lee. S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Rattray was also ordered to attend a course of three driving lectures arranged by the Christchurch City Council traffic department. The defendant pleaded guilty. Traffic Sergeant H. J. McMorran said that the defendant was checked by microwave at 58 miles an hour while travelling in Wairakei road towards Aorangi road at 3.30 a.m. on November 8. He was followed for about two miles oy a traffic officer until he turned into a driveway in Merivale lane. The traffic officer travelled at a speed of 60 miles an hour for a considerable distance but was unable to reduce the distance between himself and the defendant. He said the defendant crossed 11 intersections and a railway crossing at an excessive speed. Mr Penlington said that traffic at the time was light, it was early in the morning. I and visibility was good. The Magistrate said it was | just fortuitous that there was j no accident. OTHER TRAFFIC CASES In other prosecutions brought by the City Council, convictions were entered and fines imposed as follows: — Exceeded 30 miles an hour: Lloyd Gordon Williams, £4: Raymond Leonard Brown, £5: Warren Edward Norrie, £6, ordered to attend instruction course: Marer Margot Adolfine Hofacher. convicted and discharged; Jean Anderson, £4: Peter Lawrence Barrington, £4: John Bekker, £4; Clifford John Begg, £4 (failed to stop at sign, £3); Phyllis Bennetts, £3: Archibald Gordon Brown, £4; John Dolphin Buckle, £4; Robin Chadwick, £5, ordered to attend instruction course; Mark William Condon, £3, ordered to attend instruction course (no safety helmet, £3, passenger no safety helmet, £2); Clive Addinbrook Cresswell. £4; Charles Crone, £4; Nghire Isabel Wright. £2: Earl John Horn. £4; David Leo Evans, £5; Alfred Harold Ferguson, £5. disqualified for one month: John Alexander Graham. £5 (no lights, £lO. disqualified for one year; no warrant of fitness. £3); Robert John Hay, £4: Warren William Hill, £3, ordered to attend instruction course; Kenneth lan House. £4: Darryl Illingsworth, £4 (failed to produce driver's licence. £2); Clive Leo James, £2: Salko Krehic. £2; Colin Edmond Laeassie. £6 (failed to produce licence, £5); Maurice Raymond Leonard, £5; Alan Bevan McDonald, £3: Benjamin Douglas McGuire. £5. ordered to attend instruction course; Hugh Albert McSaveney, £3: Peter William Marshall, £3: Moses Parr, £4: Brian Edward Roberts, £4; Gordon Tewhata, £5: Brian Henry Waine, £4; Jury Hurinara Wanda. £4; David Winstanley, £5; John Morris Mood, £4: Graeme Edward Myatt, £5; Kenneth Bruce Bird, £5; Betty Madeline Oakes, £4: Dunlop Hayes Caidwell, £4; Roger Bruce Wilson, £5: Warren Latham Williams, £5, ordered to attend instruction course: Harry Robin Jackson, £5; Chris Robert Putze, £5. Hailed to stop at sign: William Lambert Batchelor, £lO, disqualified for three months: David Buchanan, £5: Leland Charles King, £3 (failed to produce licence, £3); Noel Edward Lochhead. £3 (no warrant of fitness, £1): Frederick Herbert Moore, £3; James Armitage Stanley, £3: Albert James Cross, £B. Careless driving: Noel Francis Brosnan, £10; Henry Mathew Huntly, £lO. disqualified for one year, (exceeded 30 miles an hour, £5: failed to produce driver’s licence, two charges, £5. costs only; supplied false information, £7); William James Julian Earl, £10: Tauita Haenga. £lO, disqualified for three months; Basil Box, £l5, disqualified for one month. Failed to give way to the right: Colin John Somervell, £8: Veronica Noble, £8; Elsie Doreen Burrell, £7; John I-ouis Healey, £lO. ordered to attend instruction course. Parking offences: Tom Boyd Canby, £3: Alan Dorrell, £1; Murray Frederick Hartman (two charges), £5, £5; Graham Irving Thomas. £l. No warrant of fitness: Aubrey Hay, £7 10s (failed to produce driver’s licence. £5):

John William James Kimber, £1 (unregistered vehicle, £1). Failed to give way at pedestrian crossing: Andrew Rudkin, £3; Richard Norman Greenslade, £5, disqualified for one month. Drove in manner possibly dangerous: Geoffrey Thomas Paston, £lO, disqualified for one year. Permitted person to ride ■ m dangerous position: Barry I Graham Clark, £2. Failed to comply with traffic lights: Richard John Chambers. £5. Carried passenger on powercycle: Ross Darach Levy, £2. Failed to carry heavy-traffic licence: K. G. MeCaw, Ltd., £4.

Noisy vehicle: Anthony Frank Lane Manuell, £5. Made prohibited turn: Kevin Bernand Murphy, £l. No safety chain: Eric John Prewer, £5. Failed to supply information: Makahuri Butler, convicted and discharged. Threw glass from vehicle: Anthony John Bell, £lO. Permitted another person to drive rental vehicle: John Michael Farnsworth, £5. Failed to keep to left: Garry Stephen Reynish, £5. No driver’s licence: Paul Brady, £5.

REMANDED Pier Maria Silva, aged 21, was remanded on bail to April 15 on a charge of being idle and disorderly in that she had insufficient lawful means of support at Lyttelton on April 12. She pleaded not guilty. Alexander Currie Wingate, aged 18,- was remanded on bail to April 29 on a charge of obtaining £l2 by a false pretence at Hamilton on February 26. (Before Mr H. J. Evans, S.M.) COMMITTED FOR TRIAL Stephen James Bird, aged 24. a contractor, was committed for trial in the Supreme Court on charges of stealing £lO6, the property of Shirley Joy Goodwin, and fraudulently using £l5 received from Nora Gertrude Edna Robb. He pleaded not guilty to both charges, and was represented by Mr C. B. Atkinson. The evidence was heard on Monday, and the Magistrate reserved his decision. Bird was granted bail. FINED £l5 On a charge of driving at a speed which might have been dangerous in Linwood avenue on December 5, Borton Alexander Smaill, a fibreglass worker, of Dunedin, was fined £l5. His driver’s licence was cancelled for one year but the suspension was deferred for three weeks. Smaill, who pleaded not guilty, was represented by Mr G. R. Jovce. Traffic Officer J. R. Krippner said that at 6.5 p.m., he checked by microwave a car driven by Smaill at 58 miles an hour. FINED £l2 Donald McNicol Haynies, a drainlayer, was fined £lO on a charge of exceeding 30 miles an hour on the Main North road. He was originally charged with driving at a speed which might have been dangerous, to which he pleaded not guilty. He was represented by Mr J. B. Stringer. The Magistrate reduced the charge. Haymes was also fined £2 for not having a driver’s licence (Before Mr K. H. J. Headifen, S.M.) FINED FOR SPEEDING Alex David Graham Holmes, welder, pleaded not guilty to a charge of driving at a speed which might have been dangerous in Lincoln road on March 6. He was represented by Mr D. J. Hodgins. The charge was reduced to one of exceeding 30 miles an hour, and Holmes was fined £5. He pleaded guilty to this charge. (Before Mr E. S. J. Crutchley, S.M.) CHARGE REDUCED I Cyril Francis Rutter, a soldier, was fined £7 on a charge of exceeding 30 miles an hour. He pleaded guilty. Rutter was originally charged [with driving at a speed which i might have been dangerous in Sherborne street on December 8. He pleaded not guilty j to this charge and was reprei sented by Mr P. G. S. Penlington. The charge was re--1 duced by the Magistrate. CIVIL CASES JUDGMENT SUMMONSES The following orders were made on judgment summonses: Donald Newton, labourer. Ferry road, to pay Palmer House, Ltd., £ll Is, in default 12 davs’ imprisonment, warrant suspended while £1 a week is paid- J. D. S. Baird, labourer, care’of Forest Service. Hororata. to pay Palmer House, Ltd., £4o 14s 3d (47 days or £1 a week); M. M. Millar, married woman, Colombo street, to pay R. E. Waters. £l5 Ils <l7 days or 10s

> a week); F. T. Hamilton, builder. Langdons road, to pay Martin Ormandy, Ltd., £2O 6s lOd 122 days or £1 a [week); Ronald Desmond French, labourer, Kerry place, to pay Spiller and Blunt, £7 5s (eight days or £1 a week).

D. Everest, barman, Onawe place, to pay Little River Garage, Ltd., £9 3s 3d (10 days or £1 a week): G. F. Hudson, Virgil j place, to pay J. B. Forsyth. £7 5s (eight days or £1 a week); J. .Randall, Brockenhurst street, i to pay Nelson Tillman, Ltd., £lB 16s 8d (20 days or £1 a week); R. E. Lee, Guildford street, to pay Auto Parts (Christchurch), Ltd., £26 5s (28 days or £1 a week); L. S. Coles, worker, Santa Rosa avenue, to pay Addington Timber Company, Ltd., £lB (19 days or £1 a week). Richard Henry Hanson, cabinetmaker, Baynes street, to pay R. G. Mauger, Ltd., £l6B 13s Id (90 days or £1 a week): D. T. Orpwood, garage attendant, Tauiwi street, to pay Manchester and Flooring, Ltd., £5 15s 9d (six days or £1 a week): Thomas Alfred Griffiths, land salesman. Marshland road, to pay the Commissioner of Inland Revenue £llO 10s 8d (90 days or £1 a week); Alexander Hay, plasterer, McFaddens road, to pay the Commissioner of Inland Revenue £259 4s (90 days or £4 a week). P. J. Counihan, McLellan place, to pay Dormans, Ltd., £l5 0s 6d (16 days or £1 a week); Bruce Edward Lucinsky, labourer, Elgin street, to pay Roger Andrew Forgie £5B 7s. 6d (60 days or £1 a week): E. Mann, married woman, Moorhouse avenue, to pay Pandora £26 16s (28 days or £1 a week); C. H. Saul, labourer, Aidershot road, to pay Hallenstein Bros., Ltd., £22 5s 3d (24 days or £1 a week); Steve Elsom, florist, Riccarton road, to pay Mayflower Studio £4 10s (five days). M. S. McGlinchy, portersteward, Glyne street, to pay Farmers’ Trading Company (Wellington), Ltd., £24 5s (26 days or £1 a week); R. J. King, bootmaker, Glenfield crescent, to pay James Shand and Company, Ltd., £5 4s (six days or £1 a week); Desmond F. Cassidy. driver, Bellbrook crescent, to pay Cash Order Purchases, Ltd., £4 10s 6d (five days); K. Sutherland, pensioner. Hornby, to pay Stills, Ltd., £47 9s (49 days or £1 a week). [ Elaine Clarice Hooper, married woman, Yarmouth street, to pay Radio and Domestic Finance, Ltd., £6l 19s 3d (64 days or 10s a week): R. H. Dixon, worker, Middlepark road, to pay R. B. Shand and Hicks £1 Is (one day or 5s a week); H. G. Williams, worker, Ferry road, to pay P. L. Woodhouse £8 13s lid (nine days or £1 a week); R. M. Bailey, company director, Clive street, to pay Melhuish Radio Companv, Ltd., £6l 3s 6d (63 days or £5 a week). Peter Reynish, driver, Walpole street, to pay P. B. Cosgriff £ll 5s lOd (12 days or £1 a week): Alfred Garlick, labourer, Bramwell street, to pay Gayhurst Family Stores, Ltd., £8 5s lOd (nine days or £1 a week); T. M. Turnbull, freezing worker. Maxwell street, to pay the Church of England Hospital £22 10s (24 days or £1 a week); G. R. Turner, insurance agent. Avonhead road, to pay K. Lindley £l5 Ils 9d (17 days or £1 a week); C. Cameron. Beach road, to pay S. Garage, Ltd., £6 17 s (seven days). S. Patrick, worker, Blake street, to pay Shuters Garage and Service Station, £63 8s Id (65 days or £1 a week); A. T. Meikle, labourer, No. 4 RD.. Greenpark, to pay Johnson and Smith, Ltd., £l2 19s (14 days or £1 a week). POSSESSION ORDERS Bernard James Cummins, bricklayer, was ordered to give up possession of a house at 12 Oakhurst place to the State Advances Corporation of New Zealand because of a default in mortgage payments. Kenneth Ross Munro, stores clerk, and Ruth Eileen Munro, his wife, were ordered to give up possession of a house at 100 Blankney street to the State Advances Corporation of New Zealand because of a default in mortgage payments. Cyril Joseph Williams, storeman. and Mona Kathleen Williams. his wife, were ordered to give up possession of a house at 126 Harewood road to the State Advances Corporation of New Zealand and to pay arrears of rent amounting to £5B Os lOd.