MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Southland Times, Issue 24057, 22 February 1940, Page 9

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

WEDNESDAY (Before Mr R, C. Abernethy, S.M.) JRichard John Eades, for failing to give way to traffic on his right, was fined £3/10/-, costs 16/-. For not having a heavy traffic licence Desmond Reginald McGrath was fined 10/-, costs 12/-. James Coumane was fined 5/-, costs 12/-, on a similar charge. John Morrison Williamson, jun., was fined £2/10/-, costs 10/-, on a charge of negligent driving. Robert Malcolm McKay, for driving in a dangerous manner, was fined £2/10/-, costs 10/-. Alexander Boag was fined £2, costs 10/-, for driving in an inconsiderate manner. Leslie W. Bonney was fined 10/-, costs 12/-, for parking a motor-car on the offside of another stopped vehicle. For operating a motor-car with insufficient lights, Norman Masters was fined 15/-, costs 10/-. On a charge of being an unlicensed motor driver he was fined 10/-, costs 10/-. George Oates was fined 15/-, costs 10/-, for riding an unlighted bicycle during the hours of darkness. William Frank Caddie was fined 10/-, costs 10/-, for possessing an unlicensed wireless. A charge against John Henry Gardner of failing to give way to traffic on his right was dismissed. Traffic Inspector Harvey prosecuted and Mr L. Moller appeared for the defendant. For driving a motor-vehicle without a warrant of fitness Linda Phyllis Alexander and Vincent Alderson were each fined 10/-, costs 10/-. On similar charges Richard Phillips and Richard John Eades were fined 10/-, costs 12/-, and Gordon Stewart Turner 15/-, costs 12/-. Charged with exceeding 30 miles an hour, Richard Phillips was fined £l, costs 10/-, George Muir £l, costs 12/-, John Alexander Stuart Aitken £l/10/-, costs 10/-, Harold Herbert Hastie 15/-, costs 10/-, on each of two charges, William Smith (Dunedin) £l, costs 10/-. Douglas Murtagh was fined £l, costs 10/-, for exceeding 25 miles an hour. For having no driver’s licence he was fined £l/10/-, costs 10/-. Leonard Thomas Irons was charged with driving a motor-car in a negligent manner. Senior Sergeant W. T. Kelly said that about 12.50 a.m. on January 26 Inspector Ireton and Constable Broomfield were patrolling the road to Oreti Beach when they saw a car being driven in a westerly direction at slightly more than 40 miles an hour. The car, which was swinging from one side of the road to the other, turned the corner at the Otatara store and swung on to the grass on the wrong side of the road. The inspector stopped the vehicle and found that it was a rental car that had been hired by Cyril James Clark and was being driven by Irons. Clark was in the back of the car. Both the inspector and constable were of the opinion that the car was being driven in a manner dangerous to other users of the road. The defendant, who pleaded guilty, said the rental car was not being driven at more than 40 miles an hour because the vehicle could not exceed that speed. The comer at the store was fairly sharp and he had to go over on his wrong side of the road to avoid some potholes. I The defendant was fined £2/10/-; | costs 12/-. I Cyril James Clark, hirer of the B rental car involved in the charge of s negligent driving, was charged with B permitting a rental vehicle to be driven K by another without a permit from the | licensee. I The case was brought under the B Rental Vehicles Regulations 1939, which | stated that the hirer was not allowed I; to permit any person other than him- h self to drive unless permission was Ij given in the licence, said Senior Ser- f geant Kelly. t “I will impose only costs on this oc- | casion, but any future offenders will > be fined,” remarked the Magistrate. j The defendant was ordered to pay | costs 10/-. I

Joseph White Cummings was ordered to enter into recognizance to the King in the sum of £5 and keep the peace towards Francis Edward Cummings for a neriod of 12 months.