Magistrate’s Court Driver Disqualified For Year And Fined £18

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30802, 14 July 1965, Page 12

Magistrate’s Court Driver Disqualified For Year And Fined £18

Brian Griffin, aged 20, a steel placer (Mr L. M. O’Reilly), was fined £l5 and disqualified from driving for 12 months by Mr K. H. J. Headifen, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday on a charge of driying at a speed which might have been dangerous in Papanui road on •Tune 10. On a charge of not having a warrant of fitness he was fined £3.

Mr O’Reilly entered a plea of guilty to both charges. Griffin’s speed from Church lane to Clare road was checked at 52 miles an hour. Traffic Sergeant H. J. McMorran said. He passed through four T intersections and overtook four other vehicles travelling in the same direction. The road was wet though rain was not falling at the time. When stopped. Griffin said he “just let the car go,” and thought bis speed had been about 40 miles an hour. On this occasion he would impose the minimum term of disqualification, the Magistrate said. It was the second time Griffin had been disqualified, and if he were convicted again of a similar offence he stood an almost certain chance of having his licence cancelled for seven to 10 years.

DROVE BUS CARELESSLY Eric Charles Leach, aged 55, a bus driver (Mr N. D. Thomson), pleaded guilty to driving a Christchurch Transport Board bus carelessly in Worcester street on May 22. He was convicted and fined £lO.

The bus failed to straighten up after making a right-hand turn into Worcester street from Oxford terrace. Traffic Sergeant McMorran said. It crossed to the incorrect side of the street and collided with an oncoming taxi, which was extensively damaged. Passengers and drivers in the vehicles were not injured. Leach had explained that as he turned the corner the cash-box in the bus slid across the floor, and he was watching it to see whether money was being spilt. Mr Thomson said that Leach had been driving for 43 years, and for 18 years had been employed by the Transport Board. He had an extremely good record.

In view of the defendant's record and employment he would not deal with his licence, the Magistrate said. DISCHARGED Peter Alexander Smith, a panel-heater (Mr G. T. Mahon), was discharged without conviction when he pleaded guilty to a charge of driving while disqualified in Aidwins road on May 22. On a charge of exceeding 30 miles an hour on the same date, to which Smith pleaded guilty, he was fined £4. Mr Mahon said that Smith had been disqualified for three months, at Culverden on May 20. two days before the present offences. He had been disqualified for having an unlicensed vehicle, having no warrant of fitness, and having incorrect licence plates, which were offences for which Smith did not expect to be disqualified. There was no indication on the summonses that he was liable to disqualification. Smith was not at Culverden when he was disqualified, and was not notified of the cancellation until the following week. At the time of the offences on May 22, he was not a-ware of his disqualification, said Mr Mahon. TAXI-DRIVER FINED

Robert John Noster, aged 31, a taxi-driver (Mr M. J. Glue), pleaded guilty to exceeding 30 miles an hour in Worcester street on May 23. He was convicted and fined £B. The speed of Noster’s taxi

was cheacked at 40 miles an hour, at 1.5 a.m., Traffic Sergeant McMorran said. People were returning from dances and other entertainments at the time, Mr Glue said, and insufficient taxis were available. Pressure of work led Noster to break the speed limit. There seemed to have been quite a. marked improvement in Noster’s driving since his licence was cancelled in 1961, the Magistrate said. “The reason why I am not dealing with your licence is because you have shown this respect for the law.” FINED £5 Charged with failing to stop at the traffic light, at the intersection of Tuam street, Hagley avenue, Oxford terrace, and Riccarton avenue on May 14, Stephen Alton Uren, a farmer, pleaded not guilty and defended himself. He was convicted and fined £5. ADJOURNED Charged with careless use of a vehicle in Wainoni road on March 31 and failing to remove glass from the road on the same date, John Russell Barrett, aged 38, a foreman (Mr H. W. Thompson), pleaded not guilty. The case was adjourned partly heard to today. DISQUALIFIED DRIVER Eric Alfred Christensen, aged 23, a social security beneficiary (Mr R. G. Blunt), pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified in Ham road on July 1. He was convicted and remanded to July 22 for sentence. REMANDED Leslie Roy Hawkins, aged 49, a barman, was remanded on bail to July 22 on a charge of driving under the influence of drink or drugs in High street on July 12.

OTHER TRAFFIC CASES In other traffic cases brought by the City Council Traffic Department, convictions were entered and fines imposed as follows: —

Exceeded 30 miles an hour: Michael Hamish McNabb, £2; Rex Maitland Findlay, £5. ordered to attend course of traffic lectures; Allan Ross Dawson, £4 (no warrant of fitness, £3); Reginald Brian O’Neill, £2; Thomas Wilfrid Worrall, £4; Samuel Picket, £4: Peter Geoffrey McEvedy, £4; Bevan Christopher Mathews, £4; Gerrard Francis Patrick Mitten, £2; Roy Archer Buchanan McKenzie, £3; Philip Herbert Allfrey, £4; lan Ferguson Baird, £4: Hugh Bromley Bower, £4; William Kenneth Brown, £4; Neroli Lois Butcher, £4; Richard Denis Callister, £4; Roderick Cameron, £4: William Robert Cant, £3; James Alexander Chapman, £4: Henry Hood Clay, £4: Raymond Christie Earl Coster, £4; William Gordon Cousins, £4; Robin George Denley, £4; Bret de Their, £3; Susan Elizabeth Dobson, £2: Rex Edkins, £4: Margaret Adine Francis, £4; Franklin lan Hadley, £4; Robert Joseph Hampton, £4; Margaret Helen Hewer, £4; Kelvyn Lance Hooper, £4; Alan Ralph Inglis, £2, ordered to attend course of traffic lectures; Ivan Richard Kinley Kenna, £4; Raymond Patrick Kiesanowski, £4: John Percival King, £4; Norman Albert Lawrence, £4, ordered to attend course of traffic lectures (wrong class of driver’s licence, £4): James McCullough, £4; Paul Murray McNeill, £6: Bevan Harold Metcalf, £4; Roger James Middleton, £4: Allen Tretheway Miller, £5; Herbert Ross Mitchell, £3; Kenneth Alfred Orr, £4; Albert Neil Painter, £4; Kevin Lawrence Paterson, £4; Robert Rayburn Peterson, £4; Bruce Edward Philips, £4: Mary Jane Rainey, £3; Cliveden Samuel Richards, £4; Nigel Newbigin Roake, £4: John William Ryder, £5; John Henry Sayers, £3: Leonard Arnold Seeker, £2; Patrick George Shannon, £6; lan Arthur Shrimpton, £3; Alan Noel Amer, £4; Brian John Spinks, £5: Frantisek Stolea, £3; Alan Arthur Turner, £4; Johan George van Leeuwen, £3; Petrus Wilhelmus Verberne, £4; Raymond Douglas Woods. £4; Brent Edward Hillier, £4. Failed to stop at compulsory stop: Timothy John Houlden, £4; Rayitfond Thomas Johnstone, £3, ordered to attend course of traffic lectures (insufficent lights. £4, carried passenger with L plates, costs only): Robert Brian Blacke. £4: John James Broadway, £5; Donald James Gordon Mitchell, £5; Stanley Robert Searle, £5; Ruth Margaret Taylor, £4: Warren Wayne Thompson, £3 (double parked, £3); Thomas Albert Waller, £5; Desmond Walsh. £5.

Failed to give way at giveway sign: Leif Locklindt, £8; Brent Frederick Aldridge, £B, ordered to attend course of traffic lectures.

Failed to give way to right: Herbert John McCaa, £8: Albert Nutbey, £8 (no driver’s licence. £4). Failed to keep left: Ronald Lindsay McNicholl, £6, ordered to attend course of traffic lectures.

Failed to comply with traffic lights: Peter John Davies, £B. Failed to’comply with lane markings: Wayne John Maynard, £lO. Overtook vehicle at pedestrian crossing: Keith Edward Black, £B. Careless driving: Wesley Ernest Newton, £6.

Drove on footpath: Clifford Ledger, £5. Permitted unlicenced person to drive: David Burnett £2. Wrong class of driver’s licence: Patrick Norman, £3.

Carried pillion passenger with L plates'. Barry Raymond Rededn, £2. Failed to supply information: Russell Norrish, £3. Exceeded heavy traffic li- ' cence: Port Chalmers Carriers, Ltd., £lO (exceeded rear axle weight limit, £5). No front registration plate: Gilbert Raymond Joseph Smith, £5. Unsafe load: John Edward Lundy, £lO. No front light on cycle: Donald Boyd, £3. Towed cyclist: Warwick Arthur Schulz, £3.

Parking offences: Klaas Scholtens, £2; Peter James Hogg, £3; Brian Horton, £4; Bernard John Kearns, £2; Brian Bernard McManus, £3; Lawry Kevin Smail, £2: Frank Walmsley, £4; Graham David Weir (four charges), £7. CIVIL CASES (Before Mr E. S. J. Crutehley. S.M.) JUDGMENT SUMMONSES The following orders were made on judgment summonses: J. McGregor, company employee, Giiberthorpes road, to pay Wigram Services, Ltd., £7 Is ltd, in default eight days' imprisonment, warrant suspended while £1 a week is paid; Keith Butler, Durham street, to pay Ayers Panelbeaters, Ltd., £42 2s 2d (44 days or £1 a week), Ronald W. Pickett, drainlayer, Blankney street, to pay Commissioner of Inland Revenue £154 9s 2d <9O days or £1 a week); R. Mountford, married woman, Packe street, to pay H. R. Knowles, £8 Ils 2d (nine days or 5s a week). M. Carnie, married woman, Barrie street, to pay J. A. Patchett £4 17s «d (five days); H. Hill, workman. Garlands road, to pay P. B. Percaskey and M. Smith £35 15s (37 days or £1 a week); Eric Gordon Geddis; laundryman, Hampshire street, to pay Truck Exchange, Ltd., £45 Ils 6d <47 days or 10s a week); E. S. Rush, worker, Hampshire street, to pay Smiths City Market, Ltd . £3 6s 7d; (three days or" 10s a week): G. Meikle, labourer. Riley crescent, to pay P. Christopher, £43 13s 5d (45 days or £1 a week).

C. E. Hibbs, workman, Lucienne place, to pay L. C. Evans £ll 10s 6d (13 days or £1 a week); Jack Huxley, rubber worker, Morrison avenue, to pay Colour Service, Ltd., £2O 5s 9d (22 days or £1 a week); H. L. Mauger. worker, Glentoy street, to pay Smiths City Market, Ltd , £ll 3s (12 days or 10s a week); A. J. Walker, hospital porter, Studholme street, to pay St. Asaph Finance Company, Ltd., £126 9s 9d (90 days or £3 a week); L, W. Landrey, worker. Edgeware road, to pay Smiths City Market, Ltd., £5 (five days). S. D. Murphy, worker, Damien place, to pay A. S. Mitchell £33 2s 6d (35 days or £1 a week); S. K. Boese, linesman. Morrison avenue, to pay JialMday Motors, Ltd., £79 13s 8d (81 days or 15s a week); Errol Thomas Adam Sheehan, labourer, Yarmouth street, to pay Staffordshire Finance Corporation, Ltd., £3O 10s (32 days or £1 a week); David Henry Reed, traveller, Armagh street, to pay the North Canterbury Hospital Board £3 10s (four days).

Alls ter Victor John Moir, trading as Metal Machinery Company, Wychbury street, to pay the Christchurch City Council £66 5s 6d (68 days or £1 a week); Donald McLintock, barman. Colombo street, to pay Caroline Dairy £9 3s <lO days or £1 a week): M. A. Henry, workman, Appleby crescent, to pay the New Zealand Farmers Cooperative Association of Canterbury, Ltd., £42 14s lOd <44 days or £1 a week); G. M. Steel, labourer, Skipton street, to pay Wins Stores, Ltd., £5 3s (six days). L. W -Landrey, worker, Edgeware road, to pay J. L. H. Duffy £8 2s 6d (nine days or £1 a week); R. E. Hill, worker, trading as Kiwi Supplies. Sylvester street, to pay John Burns and Company, Ltd., £23 19s 5d (26 days); Denny Edmonds, labourer, Cygnet street, to pay Mabel Instone £95 5s (90 days or £2 10s a week); L. J. Irwin, worker, Rollesby street, to pay Blake Bros., Ltd., £7 12s (eight days or £1 a week); C. E. Fairbrother, draper,'Marshall street, to pay Van Stavern Bros., Ltd., £ll2 9s Id <9O days or £1 a week).

P. K. Wakefield, workman, Marine parade, to pay Arthur Burke, Ltd., £36 Is 5d (38 days or £1 a week); H. N. Apes, workman. Hindness street, to pay Caxton Publishing Company, Ltd., £77 17s (80 days or £1 a week); Brian Charles Dungey, steward, British Hotel. Lyttelton, to pay the Post Office £l7 4s 6d <lB days or £1 a week); Y. Brown, married woman, Tekoa place, to pay James Smith, Ltd., £ll 15s (13 days or 10s a week); D. J. Rosewarne, workman. Hooker ayenue, to pay Caxton Publishing Company, Ltd., £4l 17s (43 days or £1 a week); W. R. Asile, painter, Bexley road, to pay lan Crockett, £33 Is 6d (35 days or £1 a week).