MAINTENANCE CASE.

Franklin Times, Volume XVII, Issue 73, 29 June 1927, Page 8

MAINTENANCE CASE.

VOUTH TO PAY UP. A youth was proceeded against at Monday’s sitting of the Papakura Magistrate’s Court for the maintenance of his illegitimate child. It was gleaned that defendant earned at the rate of £122 per annum, which, after deductions for superannuation, life insurance and hoard, left him 16/per week, lie would he receiving an increase of £IH a year at the end of September. The girl-mother was not quite 18 years of age. Counsel for defendant (Mr. S. D. Rice) pointed out that defendant had I hiade an offer of 12/6 per week, but it had been refused. , l

The Magistrate (Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M.) ordered defendant to pay 12/6 per week maintenance, and 5/- per week in reduction of £B/8/- confinement fees.

•A- : A Speed Limit. ?;« The Rev. W. i: G- Wob'd, at Monday’s meeting of the -Papakura Town Board, gave notice of his intention to move that the by-law. fixing the speed- limit, at 15 miles,per hour be rescinded, with a view of substituting 20.jfmiles per hour. On the Footpath. For riding bicycles on Papakura footpaths, two hoys,. J. Green and ’ Tasker, were each ordered to pay £l7ll/9 costs at the Papakura on Monday. For the same offence, -LvP W. Gerrard was fined 10/.- and fii/.jw 11/9 costs, while L. Yelavich, whom Inspector Morrile.au described 4s being impertinent, was also lined 10/- anrL £l/11/9 costs, in default seven days*’ imprisonment. New Street Lights. The Papakura Town Board decided at Monday’s meeting to erect additional street lights at the following places:—Corner of Marne Road and Alexander Street, Coles Crescent and East Street, Queen, and Green Streets., : West and Wellington Streets, Wood and Union Streets, Railway Street West and Onslow Road, Victoria Street East and Railway Street, Great South Road near the school, and two in e 4 ach of Settlement Road and the southern por-: lion of the Great South Road. ' Damage by Stock. Reference to the unrestrained' A damage being done by stock, as the result of being driven along the Great South Road and. various footpaths- . throughout the town, was made at Monday’s meeting of the Papakura Town Board by Mr. H. E, McEntee. Subsequently he gave notice of his intention to move at. the next meeting that the by-law be amended in order to exclude stock from being driven along the northern end of the Great South Road, the route to be fixed being via Valley Road. r .

No Tail Lights. Inspector Fletcher, on. behalf of the Manurcwa Town Board, proceeded against Lhe following for having driven vehicles with no tail lights, at Monday’s sitting of Lhe Papakura Court:- — T. W. Bell (fine £l, costs 10/-), E. Harris (line 10/-, costs 10/-), .1. Knecbone (fine 10/-, costs 12/-), W, G. Moody (fine £l, costs 10/-),.- G. Running (fine £l,- costs 12/-). On charges of having ridden unlighled cycles, G. Gibbons and J. Middleton were each mulcted £1 and,costs 10/-. Carrying a pillion passenger without special, seating accommodation cost an Otahuhu motor-cyclist R. Walsh,; £1 and 10/- costs. Undefended Civil Cases.

Judgment was given for plaintiff with costs in the following undefended civil cases at Monday’s' sitting of the Papakura Magistrate’s Court, before Mr. J. W. Poynton, S.M.: —M. J. Dobbing v; A. Bree, folaim £6/16/3, costs £5/ 6/9; W. Alt v. E. W. Platt, claim £l3/15/6, costs £3/3/-; 11. Huckstep v, M. Ralph, claim £2/0/6;, costs £l/ 5/6; D. Mcßae v. A. Thomas, claim £2/17/-, costs £l/15/6; G. Stevens v. R. Page, claim £25, costs £3/2/-: J. A. Munro v. A. McGinty,. claim £l/ 17/-, costs 18/-; A. Huckstep v. W. Cartney, claim £-4/4/-, costs £l/3/6: J. Hoye v. A* Thomas, claim £3/12/9, costs £l/13/6; A. Robertson v. B. Rae, claim £6, costs £l/10/0; State -Advances v. R. G. Anderson, claim £33/ 15/7, costs £l/19/-; M. J. Dobbing v. D. Chaffey, claim £lO/0/5, costs £2/14/-; J. B. Page v. M. Amos, claim £I/f37-, costs 8/-; R. T. Watson v. W. Fisher, claim £l/4/2, costs 8/-; M. J. Dobbing v. L. Franklin, claim £3O/2/6, costs £4/1/6; Quinn'and Peoples v. W. 11. Taylor, claim £66/ 13/-, costs £4/11/6; H. W. Hood v. H. Hutchinson, claim £9/1/-, costs £2/3/6; Mcllraith and Lacassie v. S. Mason, claim £lB/17/4, costs £2/14/-: Mcllraith and Lacassie v. J. Grant,* claim £4/8/6, costs £l/3/6. Judgment summons orders: 11. Harvey was ordered to pay J. Andrews (Mr. Rice) the sum of €7 at the rate of 10/per month, in default 14 days’ imprisonment: R. McNichol was ordered to pay G. H. Boles (Mr. Rice) the sum of £lB/14/4 at the rate of £1 per month, in default 19 days;’ F. A. Boakes was ordered to pay G. H. Boles (Mr. Rice) the sum of £7/17/9 forthwith, in default eight days : T.' Rvan was ordered to pay I. Fewcil (Mr. Rice) the sum of £l3/16/9, at the rate of £1 per month, in default 14 days; E. - * Dyer was ordered to pay J. B. Page (Mr. Rice) the sum of £4/1/- at the rate of £1 per month, in default five/Cv days; D. Potter was ordered taripify W. K. Francis (Mr. Rice) the shm of_ £7/12/6 at the rate of £1 per month, in default seven days, 1