MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 263, 2 August 1929, Page 9

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

BY-LAW AND CIVIL CASES

By-law cases were dealt with by Mr. T. B. McNeil, S.M., in the Magistrate's Court yesterday. ...... Charles Chereton was fined £1 for not having a driver's license and was ordered to pay costs, 10s., for not having a rear vision mirror on a motor-lorry. Allowing stock to wanted cost Alphonse Casey £1 and Arthur E. Preston 10a. ' Parking their cars in prohibited areas cost Joseph W. Carr and Henry C. Hibberd £1 each, and James W. Donnelly 10s. Overloading a motor lorry cost William Dailey £1 10s. On charges of plying for hire on an unauthorised stand, Herbert C. E. Empson was fined £l, and John Gilmore was ordered to pay costs, 10s. William Guy and George Morgan, juu., were each fined £1 for falling to produce a driver’s license. _ Marshall R. Mays and Victor Webley were each fined 10s. for parking their cars less than 15 feet from the building line. Wilfred Peachy was fined 10s. for hawIng defective brakes on a motor-car Ernest Wiltshire was fined £1 10s. for speeding. Leaving their vehicles unattended cost Edgar Allen, Frederick Bailey, George CSimmiss, Robert E. Tolhurst, and Harry Wilson £1 each. Herbert Warcup was fined 10s. for driving the wrong way in a one-way traffic street and 10s. for speeding round a corner. „ At a recent sitting of the By-law Court, Alice Edith Avery was fined £2 for failure to comply with a cleansing order, 10s. on each of two charges of failure to make prefer provision for the discharge of storm water, £2 for failure to repair a sink flashing, and £2 for failure to repair a main, vent pipe. At defendant’s request the cases were reviewed ye terday, and the Magistrate decided to remit the fines and to order defendant to pay court costs, 10s., on each charge.

CIVIL LIST

Judgment for plaintiff by default wa» given by Mr. J. S. Barton, S.M., in the following undefended civil cases: — Commercial 'Agency Ltd., and Queensland Insurance Co., Ltd., v. S. Parker, £6 2s. 6d., costs £1 Ils. 6d.; Commercial Agency Ltd. and Drapery and General Importing Co. of New Zealand Ltd., V. M. E. Nicholls, £0 17s. lid., costs £1 10s. 6d.; Dr. L. Levy v. W. Kinset, £3 35., costs £1 3s. 6d.; Commercial Agency Ltd. and J. Barbery v. E. Appleyard, £3 65., costs £1 3s. 6d.; Commercial Agency Ltd. and F. Kellerman v. P. Edwards, £2 13s. lid., costs £1 6s. 6d.; Commercial Agency Ltd. and Reeve’s Service Garage v. N. H. Fraser, £8 6s. 9d., costs £1 10s. 6d.; Commercial Agency Ltd. and Dr. H. WebsterNash v. Lily Tapp (separate estate), £2 45., costs £1 6s. 6d.; Commercial Agency Ltd. and United Wallpapers Ltd. v. F. Toms, £l3 2s. 5d., costs £2 175.; Dominion Portrait Co. v. M. E. Anderson (separate estate), £2 9s. 6d., costs £1 ss. 6d.; Dominion Portrait Co. v. S. Moir (separate estate), £1 9s. 6d, costs 8s; Commercial Agency Ltd. and Jackson and Fuge v. W. Smith, £33 10s., costs £4 2s. 6d.; Charles Evans Scott and George Phillip Evans v. Robert McLeod, £6 10s., costs £1 12s. (id.; S. E. Scott and C. E. Lamont v. A. Salmon, 10s., costs 95.; W. G. Allan v. A. H. Carter, £4 55., costs £1 3s. 6d.; Commecrial Agency Ltd. and James Stewart Electrical Co. Ltd. v. Ohms Bros., £l2, costs £2 175.; Commercial Agency Ltd. and Bonthorne and Corser v. C. T. Scorringe, 17s. 3d., costs Ss.; Commercial Agency Ltd. and D. H. Webster Nash v. H. Taylor, £3 35., costs £1 4s. 6d. On Judgment summonses, Ordle was ordered to pay M. Lettoof £35 4s. 4d., at the rate of 10s. a week, in default 36 days’ imprisonment; V. Hayes to pay E. E. Crispin £l9 13s. 6d. by August 22, in default 20 days’ imprisonment; Morry Grove to pay Olive Hayblttle £l6 155., at the rata of £5 a month, in default 17 days’ imprisonment; William Connan to pay Guthrie Bowron and Co. Ltd. £l7 17s. 3d. by August 15, in default 18 days’ imprisonment; L. R. Kearns to pay Johnston and Co. Ltd. £6B 7s. 3d. by September 1, in. default 70 days’ imprisonment; J. H. Munroe to pay E. W. Mills and Co. Ltd. £22 19s. lid. by August 31, in default 23 days’ Imprisonment; A. Lund to pay Death and Co. Ltd. £7 ss. lid. forthwith, in default eight days’ Imprisonment: D. J. Ryan to pay Jenkins and Mack Ltd. £ll 9s. sd. by August 15, in default 12 days’ imprisonment: K. Craig to pay Paykel Bros., Ltd., £ll 2s. Cd. by August 15, in default 12 davs’ imprisonment; C. Anger to pay E. Lawlor £lO 15s. 3d. at the rate of 6s. a week, in default 11 days’ imprisonment; C. O. Clarke to pay Fairbairn and Co. £7 3s. 6d. forthwith, in default eight davs’ Imprisonment; J. HUI to pay the Central Bakery 17s. Cd. forthwith, in default one day’s imprisonment; T. Ross to pay L J. Purdie and Co., Ltd., £1 6s. 6d. forthwith, in default two days’ imprisonment.

The largest collection firm in New Zealand is the Dominion Mercantile Agency, Ltd., of Wellington, Auckland, and Christchurch, with agents in every New Zealand town, and associate offices throughout the world.—Advt. ,