MAORI BEFORE COURT

Southland Times, Issue 20011, 27 October 1926, Page 12

MAORI BEFORE COURT

FALSE PRETENCES ALLEGED. VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY. x (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, October 26. “Would the Court like to hear why we have found accused ’not guilty?” asked the foreman of a jury in the Supreme Court after returning a verdict in the case of a young Maori charged with false pretences. “I don’t care to hear anything,” replied Mr Justice Herdman. “I can’t understand it. That is all, you may go to the back of the Court.” Accused was Ta Taara and he was charged with obtaining at Kaiwaka, a sum of £l7 from Thomas Vincent Nutsford through his agent by falsely representing that he was authorised to obtain a loan on behalf of his mother. Accused told the jury he was a follower of Ratana and in pursuance of their belief in the principles of peace and goodwill toward all men, he would not conflict the evidence of witnesses. He was willing to accept the judgment of the Court in this case in atonement for the sins of his past, of which the Court knew nothing. He added that the trouble was really a family one and he hoped his mother and father would forgive him for the trouble he had caused.

Annual Actual Expenditure. Estimate Expenditure. £ £ s. d Salaries and casual aasistance .. 3,656 1,850 17 5 Less clerical transfers 1,805 902 10 0 1,851 948 7 5 Mayor’s honorarium .. 300 150 0 0 Borough inspection 550 155 9 4 Motor and Traffic inspection .. 400 239 19 8 Superannuation .. 120 57 2 9 Official tramway passes and service tickets 15 7 7 0 Printing and st ationery 250 159 5 7 Binding 75 19 1 0 Printing balance-sheet 70 70 10 0 Telephones . ■ 55 29 4 10 Typing and Stencilling 115 72 0 3 FuM and water for offices 20 58 8 9 Lighting and heating 115 73 2 6 Bicycles 12 24 6 9 Cleaning 120 56 15 6 Cheque stamps .. 17 4 3 4 Furnishings 20 10 3 Renovating 20 Postages .. .. ’.. 40 36 9 9 Office rent (transfer theatre) 400 200 0 0 Cashier’s allowance .. 10 1 14 3 Acts, directories, annotating .. .. .. 20 8 16 6 Sundries 20 24 9 6 Court costs .. .. ,. 25 21 6 0 Advertising .. .. 135 39 1 0 I -gal 120 81 5 5 Valuation Roll .. .. 60 Council Chambers .. 15 3 6 Travelling and Taxi 50 Insurances 55 48 13 9 District Electors’ Roll 20 Elections and Polls 200 — Town Clock ’ 70 19 11 8 Band Rotunda .. .. 10 2 15 0 Dog collars and labels 25 1 8 9 By-laws 50 24 0 0 Stand telephones .. .. 40 4 17 16 10 Miscellaneous 50 Anzac Day Service and Lectures on War Memorials — 16 9 3 Kelvin street property repairs — 13 4 8 Town Clerk’s auctioneers License — 20 0 0 Authorised Subsidies: Bands 85 50 0 0 Southland Museum .. 50 Technical College 30 30 0 0 Southland League .. 100 100 0 0 Municipal Association 20 14 10 6 Municipal Assoc. Con. 25 Workers’ Educational Association .. .. 15 15 0 0 Plunket Society .. .. 25 — Contingencies .. .. 50 Unauthorised . 3 .. 250 Photographic views of Invercargill 45 17 6 Chamber of Commerce 1 1 0 Employers’ Association 10 10 0 Advertising 10 5 6 Bank exchange, etc. 100 55 5 4 Interest on overdraft 50 'Discount on Rates 550 417 6 0 7,020 3,452 16 7 Special Allocations: — Standard Survey . . 650 14 12 5 Advertising loan proposals .. .. .. 30 Waihopai Reserve Extension 250 250 0 0 Southland Court .. 500 500 0 0 North Invercargill Public Hall 50 50 0 0 1st Inst. Rest Room for Women .. .. 500 500 0 0 Tramway passes—Disabled Soldiers . . .. 150 43 15 0 Redemption Loan expenses 200 329 6 0 Feldwick Gates . . .. — Redemption matured debentures — — Legal expenses Power Board rating .. .. — 160 6 11 Athenaeum Corner shop alteration, etc. —• 62 6 11 Repairs late fire brigad Superintendent’s residence, Esk street . . .. —. 26 11 2 Repairs house on baths site, Tay st — 21 0 1 Totals £9,350 £5,411 15 1