REEFTON NOTES

Grey River Argus, 21 April 1945, Page 7

REEFTON NOTES

I Our Own Correspondent] REEFTON, April 20.W.O. N. Jung, R.N.Z.A.F., ajompanied hy his mothei, is MSitm o Mr. H. T. Kearns lias left on ieturn to Christchurch. , mitiec Sister Condon has tauen up duties at the local hospital. Prior to his departure, Mi. A. D. Milne, who has been managei of the Bank of New Zealand or the past four years was presented with a tountlm pen by the Rugby Union and a bag by the R^ el ton Bowling Club. Mr ; Mun ‘ ; left -on transfer tor ’ nn nf replaced here by Mr. McLennan Nelson. t rm At the Magistrate’s Court, the io - lowing informations were ciealt witi . Police v. Philip Maitland Longman, charged with attempting to commit suicide. —Withdrawn by leave ot the Court. Police v. William George Chandler, using oil fuel for purpose other than that for which it was ootained; lined -£2 with costs 10s. Seven persons charged with consuming liquor at the Southern Cross Hotel, Reefton, after hours on March 3, were each lined £2 with costs .Us. Seven charges against persons lor beinr found on the premises were withdrawn. Jeilivoe Smith, chaiged with opening the Southern Cross Hotel after horns, was lined £lO with costs 10s. Two other charges against him, arising out of the same facts v.ere withdrawn. F'ercival R. Hughes licensee of the Southern Cross Hotel, w'as fined £2 with costs 10s for the sale of liquor after hours. .Fuitjiei charges against him of opening his premises, and exposing liquor for saile after hours, with withdrawn. One person lor being found on the Dominion Hotel, Ikamatua, after hours, on March i, was lined 10s with costs 12s. Three others found on the same hotel, after hours were each convicted and fined £2 with 12s costs for consuming liquor. Three charges against the licensee arising out of the matter were adjourned on his apolication till May 15. Six persons for being found consuming liquor on the Dominion Hotel, Ikamatua after hours on March 7 were each lined £2 with costs 12s._ Three charges against. Colin Currie, the licensee, arising out of a police raid were adjourned till May 15. Nine persons for being found consuming liquor after hours on Batira’s Flotel, Mawheraiti, were each lined £2 with costs 12s. ' Richard John Marshall, the licensee, was convicted and lined £lO with costs 12s for the sale of liquor. Two other charges against him were withdrawn. Police v. William Joseph Larcombe, application for a maintenance order; order made for 15s per week, first payment 24/4/1945, and for £l5 past, maintenance to be paid off at. the rate of 5s per week in addition to current maintenance. Maintenance Offiper v. Arthur Joseph Henery, for disobedience of maintenance order to extent of £39 0s 6d, due up to 7/2/45, was convicted and sentenced to three months’ imprisonment in Paparua Prison, issue of warrant to be suspended on payment of 5s per week off arrears in addition to current maintenance. Lavinia Mary T'wose v. Jellicoe Smith, charge of disobedience of a maintenance order to the extent of £l2 due up to 26/2/45; adjourned to 15/5/45, to enable defendant to institute proceedings for variation meantime; not less than £3 per week to be paid till application for variation heard. George Thomas Moore Smith, for driving a motor vehicle along Buller Road at Cronadun without a motor-driver's license; and not having- a warrant, of fitness, was lined £1 with costs 12s on the first charge, and 10s with costs 12s on the second charge. John O’Flah-c-rty, for being in possession of an unlicensed wireless set, was lined 10s with costs 10s. Raymond Francis Woodbury, for employing more men about the Dauntless Coal Mine than his qualificati j’is justified, was comv’cted and mdered to pay costs 10s. William Nicholls,' for taking explosives into his coal mine without having them in a secure case or canister, was lined £2 with 10s costs. Judgment for plaintiff by default was given in eaclu of the following cases: —C. M. Mathieson v. Thomas Connolly, £3O with costs £4 12s Gd; W. M. Fraser v. A. E. Smith, £6 15s, with costs £1 10s 6d; W. M. Fraser v. Tim O’Donnell, Junr., £1 with costs 10s; Inangahua County Council v. Mary Maud Flvnn, £l3 8s 9d with costs £2 16s. tn the Warden’s Court, an application, William James Morris v. William McGregor and George Hunter, for an interim injunction restraining defendants from removing dumps of mined coal on' plaintiff’s coal lease, was settled between the parties subject to certain conditions. The following applications were granted:—■ Martin Lawrence O’Malley, John Joseph Eager, Averard Eager and Michael Augustus ‘ Rosanowski, coal lease over 1. acre 2 roods in Blk. XI, Reefton; William Nicholls, coal prospecting license over 8.27 acres in Blk. XL, Reefton; Pyramid Coal Mining Coy. Ltd., coal lease over 41 acres 1 rood in Blk. X, Reefton; Burnwell Coal Coy. Ltd., extension of time for hearing application for a coal lease.