MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 20 August 1925, Page 6

MAGISTRATE’S COURT.

SITTING AT HAWERA

POLICE CASES DEALT WITH

The Hawera Magistrate’s Court sat to-day, when Mr J. S. Barton, S.M., dealt With cases brought by the police.

ON LICENSED PREMISES. A written plea of guilty was forwarded by Patrick Connell, who was charged with being on licensed premises after hours. Sergeant Henry said that on Saturday evening last defendant had been found on the premise,- of the Royal Hotel, and when asked his business had said that he was there to see a workman. The workman referred: to was interviewed, but said that Connell had no occasion to he on licensed premises on that score. A fine of £1 and 7s court costs was imposed. Malcolm Wharemata, who, pleaded iuilty, was charged with being on licensed premises after hours. Sergeant Henry caid that at 8.45 p.m. on August 3 Constable Pidgeon saw defendant go into the back yard of the Normanby Hotel. He followed defendant to the back door, and on, being accosted Wharemata could give no reason for his presence on the premises. A fine of £2 and I2s costs wa s imposed. AN INTOXICATED DRIVER. A Maori partner in the ownership of a motor-car was dealt with on being found drunk whilst in charge of the vehicle. The defendant, who.se name was Rangi Akiaki, submitted a. plea of guilty. ' Sergeant Henry said that on the 4th of the present month Constable Pidgeon had occasion to draw Rangi’s attention to the fact that his car was standing without lights. The constable liad not then noticed that Rangi was under the affluence of liquor, but when lie drove off he saw that the car swung from one side of the road to the other. He followed on hio bicycle, and later met Raqgi returning. He ' stopped the car and found that Rangi was so drunk that when lie got out he staggered about on the road. A passing motorist was stopped, and he supported tlie constable in his contention that Rangi Rangi was in an unfit condition to drive a car. A fine of £5 and 16s costs was imposed. and defendant’s license to drive was also suspended for three months. WITHOUT LIGHTS. Rudolph Melesi, for whom Mr G’Dea appeared, pleaded guilty to a. charge of driving a horse and gig without lights along tlie Ahaipaipai Road. Sergeant Henry siad that a collision between the gig and a motor cyclisthad occurrd. Mr O’Dea, said there was the' civil remedy as far as the accident was concerned. A fine- of £1 and 14s cost- R was imposed.

A TYPE OP HOG OILER. >j. Following upon the publication in! jr the last issue of a type of pig: oiler extensively used in America, a corre-. spondent has suggested the reproduction of the one shown herewith. This, it is stated, is so constructed that there is a constant supply of oil going to the rubbing: surface as shown In the illustration. The post is about

5 feet long and 4 inches in diameter. . It is set into the ground firmly about /H 2i feet, which makes it substantial. In the centre of the post at the top bore a 3-inch hole about 8 inches deep. At right angles bore i-inch holes to meet the centre hole. This, permits the oil to soak into the coarse cloth with which it is bound. A gallon can is fastened to the top of the post with a hole in the bottom over the hole in the post. Waste'oil from the tractor or crank case of the cars is put into the can, and will seep down through the hole and keep the cloth! saturated.

PLIERS AS PIPE HOLDER I,t is not every farmer who owns a pipe vice, but at some time or another nearly every farmer is faced with the necessity for holding a piece of piping firmly while lje cuts it in two or runs a thread on the end of it. The accompanying illustration (from •‘Farm Mechanics’’) shows how this can be accomplished. Take a pair of pliers, clamp them firmly on the pipe and then screw them in a wooden vice. This will hold the pipe steady and the jaws of the vice will not be injured.