COURT NEWS

Grey River Argus, 13 June 1936, Page 3

COURT NEWS

(Per Press Association.) OAMARU, June 10.

For keeping liquor for sale in Oamaru, a no-license area, Stanlej Smart to-day was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment. He had been previously convicted for a similar oifbUCC- AUCKLAND, June 9.

Judgment for the plaintiff company for £lB9l, less an amount to be allowed by the registrar to be deducted in accordance with principles indicated by his Honor, was given by Mr. Justice Ostler in a reserved decision in the Supreme Court in the action brought by the Transport Mutual and General Insurance Company, Ltd.., m liquidation, against Cyril Ernie Richard Webber, agent ot Dunedin. The plaintiff company is one of a group of companies for the formation of which J. AV. S. McArthur and certain business associates in Auckland wore responsible and which, by the Companies (Special Liquidation) Act, 1934 ’ 3d ’ were ordered to be wound up by tbc Public. Trustee. The action was brought bv the Public Trustee (as statutory liquidator of the plaintiff company) against the defendant for the recovery of amounts totalling £lB9l, with interest It involved a dispute over the terms on which the defendant was emploved bv the plaintiff to purchase the shares of certain other companies. 1 TIMARU, June 10-

The evidence showed that the cause of the damage was the neglect of the defendant in not using chocks and in not seeing that the throttle was closed before he started up the engine, said the Afagistrate, Mr. C. R, Orr AValker, rrivin<’ reserved judgment for £5B 9s 8d amt Tosts to scale for New Zealand Airways Ltd., against. AValter Robert Willmott in the Timaru Court to-day.

The claim was based on a statement that. AVillmott hired an aeroplane and through negligence on his part the machine careered along the ground, hit a fence and capsized, receiving considerable damage.