MAGISTRATES COURT Car Blocked Railway Line After Double Collision

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31128, 3 August 1966, Page 6

MAGISTRATES COURT Car Blocked Railway Line After Double Collision

The defendant’s car col-ii lided with another vehicle at| the intersection of Hazeldean ; road and Antigua street, ' moved on, collided with a ; second vehicle, crashed

through a wire fence, and came to rest on the railway tracks, Traffic Sergeant H. J. McMorran told Mr H. J. Evans, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Bernard Palmer, aged 23, a storeman pleaded guilty by letter to charges that on May 25 he drove at a speed which might have been dangerous, had affixed to his car an unauthorised licence label, had no warrant of fitness and had

an unlicensed vehicle.

Palmer was convicted on each of the charges, fined £25 and disqualified for two years for driving at a speed which might have been dangerous, and fined £5 for having an unlicensed vehicle. He was ordered to pay Court costs of £1 10s on each of the charges of having no warrant of fitness and having affixed to his car an unauthorised licence label. Traffic Sergeant McMorran said Palmer was driving east on Hazeldean road, passed through the give-way signs at the intersection of Hazeldean road and Antigua street without stopping, and collided with a vehicle in Antigua street. After the collision Palmer’s vehicle travelled 95ft beyond the point of impact and collided with a second vehicle almost head on. Palmer’s car then crashed through a wire fence, crossed two sets of rail tracks and came to rest across the third. Because of the position of the car rail traffic was stopped until the vehicle was removed. In all, the car travelled 130 ft from the initial point

of impact. Palmer’s car did not have a current warrant of fitness and was not registered.

The driver of the first vehicle with which Palmer collided said he had stopped be-' cause of Palmer’s excessive speed and three other independent witnesses had put Palmer’s speed between 35 and 45 m.p.h. Affixed to the windscreen of Palmer’s vehicle was a licence label which had appeared to be current However checks had revealed that the label had been issued in respect of another car of the same make. The owner of the car to which the label had been issued said he had sold his vehicle to a car wrecker and inquiries had shown that a person answering Palmer’s description had bought the windscreen of that vehicle from the wrecker. FAILED TO STOP Charged with failing to I stop at the compulsory stop sign at the intersection of Avonside drive and Stanmore road on May 13, Colin Geoffrey Cullimore, aged 22, a hairdresser (Mr P. F. Tempero), was convicted and fined £8 10s. He pleaded not guilty. Traffic Officer D. Beattie said that at 8.45 pun. on May 13, he saw a car driven by Cullimore travel across the intersection towards the city without stopping at the compulsory stop. The speed of the car was about 10 miles an hour. Cullimore said that he stopped, and had then rolled back from the sign. He moved forward again and crossed the intersection, without stopping a second time. COSTS ONLY Isabel McGowan Martin, a teacher, was convicted and ordered to pay costs and witnesses' expense® of ft when

I she pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to stop for a school 'patrol in Stanmore road on May 24. Mr A. D. Holland appeared for Martin. Mr Holland said that Mar-

tin had been travelling down Stanmore road and as she approached the crossing she 1 observed the child who had been holding the “Stop” sign on the defendant’s side of the road, cross the road and as the defendant actually reached the crossing it was clear on her side of the road. She believed she was not breaking the law, Mr Holland said, but was pleading guilty as Mr Justice Wilson had found the opposite on an

■ identical set of circumstances in Auckland. CHARGE DISMISSED Charles Begg Bruce, aged 47, a maintenance carpenter (Mr L. M. O’Reilly) pleaded not guilty to a charge that on May 20 he failed to give way to his right at the intersection of Tuam and Durham streets. The Magistrate after hearing the prosecution evidence dismissed the charge. A charge against Cyril Jarden, aged 59, of failing to give way to a pedestrian on a crossing in Cathedral square on May 27 was dismissed. On a further charge of failing to supply his name and address on the same date, Jarden was discharged without conviction under Section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act. Jarden pleaded not : guilty to both charges and defended himself. FINED £3 10s Una Beatrice Hooper, a housewife, pleaded not guilty to a charge that on May 22 | she failed to stop at the compulsory stop sign at the intersection of Avonside drive and Stanmore road. She was convicted and fined £3 10s.

NAME SUPPRESSED A man whose name was suppressed was remanded to a mental institution for one

month when he pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly behaviour in Hereford street on August 1. Sergeant V. F. Townshend said the man was seen in Cathedral square about 6.30 p.m. He was shouting “Heil Hitler” and had his arm raised. The man then picked up a full rubbish tin, walked a few yards, lifted it above his head, then dropped it spilling its contents. The man then ran down Colombo street to Hereford street where he ran back and forwards across the road a number of times, causing cars travelling along Hereford street to brake and swerve, Sergeant Townshend said. ON BOARD SHIP Two girls, Tuma Aldridge, aged 17, unemployed, and | Yvonne Huatahi Tonga, aged 21, a presser, were placed on probation for one year when they pleaded guilty to being rogues and vagabonds, in that they were on board an overseas ship, the Cornwall, without lawful excuse on August 2 at Lyttelton. Aldridge admitted having been on the ship since it left Auckland. (Before Mr E. S. J. Crutchley, S.M.) CHARGE DISMISSED A charge against John Westmoreland Robinson, retired, of failing to comply with the traffic lights at the corner of Colombo and Tuam streets on May 20 was dismissed. He pleaded not guilty and was represented by Mr J. F. Burn. CIVIL CASES JUDGMENT SUMMONSES The following orders were made on judgment eummonser— D. Walters, Broekenhurst street, to pay Wtnstone (5.1.), Ltd., £l4 15s td. in default 17

days' imprisonment, warrant suspended while £1 a week is paid; R. A. Cracknell, labourer. Dunbars road, to pay Raewyn Steel Products, Ltd., £l2 5s (14 days or £1 a week); Royal Edward Chaney, fireman, King street, to pay M. L. Chaney £25 18s (28 days or £1 a week); John Edward Penrose, ranger, Tensing place, to pay Hay's, Ltd., £9 8s 3d (10 days or £1 a week); R. P. Barnsley, car salesman, Mathesons road, to pay Cliveray Services £42 4s 9d (45 days or £1 a week).

B. A. Birch, labourer, Colombo street, to pay A. M. Satterthwaite and Company, Ltd., £lOl 10s (90 days or £1 a week); S. Gillan, labourer, Merrington crescent, to pay Matthew Park, Ltd.. £5 10s (seven days or £1 a week); John Lindsay Roberts, enameller, Williams street, to pay Brightware Products, Ltd., £9o’ 15s (90 days or £1 a week): R. G. Mclllwrick, labourer, Neill street, to pay Marshalls Mini Market, Ltd., £54 5s lid (58 days or £1 a week); S. K. Boese, railFenchurch street, to pay G. E. C, (New Zealand), Ltd., £B9 18s lid (90 days or £1 a week). F. Macey, machine operator, Lonsdale street, to pay Beath and Company, Ltd., £35 12s (38 days or £1 a week); E. L. Andrews, trading as New Pin Cleaners, Doreen street, to pay Linwood Avenue Service Station, Ltd., £22 7s 3d (25 days or £1 a week); Maiko Pahl, trading as Pamac, Main North road, to .pay A. R. Agnew £lB Ils 4d (21 days or £1 a week); E. K. Boese, railway worker, Rolleston, to pay Consolidated Concrete, Ltd., £22 10s 6d (25 days or 15s a week); C. M. Davies, workman, Heath street, to pay Mutual Rental Cars, Ltd., £7 6s 9d (eight days or £1 a week).

G. E. Smith, workman. Springs road, to pay Vance Vivian (Christchurch), Ltd., £4 10s (six days); S. D. Murphy, workman, Damien place, to pay D. G. McAlpine £2O 3s (23 days or £1 a week); S. J. Broadway, workman, Colombo street, to pay John Burns and Company, Ltd., £llO 8s 5d (90 days or £1 a week); Nghaire Henry, married woman, Aidershot street, to pay F. L. Uren £l6 10s (seven days or 5s a week).

R. Fabling, labourer, Lionel street, to pay Hobdays Cycles, Ltd., £22 15s (26 days or £1 a week); C. A. Van Rees, welder, Hampshire street, to pay Millar and Kerr £l9 9s 6d (21 days or £1 a week); Vaero T. Maka, welder, Craig place, to pay Pamela Anne Green £BO (84 days or £1 a week); T. H. Stevenson, workman, Purchas street, to pay James Norman Hastie £55 5s (57 days or £1 a week); Andrew Noel Nisbet, labourer. Clarendon terrace, to pay the Invercargill City Council £l9 16s 2d (22 days or £1 a week); V. Rattray, labourer, Manhire street, to pay the Waltakl Electric Power Board £2 13s 2d (five days).