S.M. COURT

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 56, Issue 4064, 24 June 1938, Page 7

S.M. COURT

SITTING AT OTOROHANGA. MiOTORING OFFENCES. (Before Mr W. H. Freeman, S.M.) For driving a motor car in Otorohanga at an excessive speed, Donald MeCrone was fined £2 and 10s costs. Wehi Kite was fined £2 with costs 17s for failing to drive his motor truck as near as practicable to the left of the roadway For leaving his motor vehicle on the side of the street without lights. Charles Harper was fined £1 and 12s costs. Herbert Williams, for exceeding the heavy motor vehicles speed limit, was fined £1 and 10s costs. A. E. Cooke and E. J. Fowler were each fined 10s and 10s costs for parking breaches in Otorohanga streets. For riding bicycles without lights, Walter Gooding was order to pay 12s costs. For similar breaches Lewis Tukahui was fined 5s and 17s costs, and George Wairoa was order to pay costs 17s. LIQUOR OFFENCES. John Tiuene, charged with procuring liquor during l the currency of a prohibition order issued at Te Awamutu, was fined £1 and costs. Robert Dudley Ward was charged with failing to declare liquor brought into Otorohanga, a proclaimed area, and with failing to give his name and address. Constable E. McDonald detailed the circumstances of his finding a quantity of liquor in the defendant’s car, and of his finding 12 bottles of ale and one bottle of wine that had not been corrrectly notified. Defendant, in pleading guilty, stated that it was the first day of the Sports Carnival at Otorohanga, when there were huge crowds of visitors, and he was not aware of the position regarding the liquor laws of the King Country. Defendant was convicted and ordered to pay costs. David Atatu was charged with aiding and abetting some unknown person in the offence of selling liquor in a proclaimed area. Police evidence disclosed that Atatu had a bottle of ale which he said that he had bought from one “Jerry” for 2s 6d. The constable searched for “Jerry” but could not locate him. Defendant was fined £2 and costs. .A case of negligent driving on the main highway, brought against Charles Wahanui was adjourned to August 10th, 1938. /The long adjournment was asked for as the principal witness is still confined to hei home. WELL-BORING DISPUTE. Keith F. O. Smith proceeded against Thomas McDowell, farmer, of Otorohanga, on a claim of £47 12s lOd, balance alleged to be due for well-sinking operations. The plaintiff stated that he sunk and equipped a deep well bore for the defendant early in March last, and as such bore was unsatisfactory as regards the water supply, he had voluntarily given McDowell a guarantee that he would provide a fresh bore if necessary, and deduct the cost of the first bore from the cost of the second. By mutual agreement a second bore was sunk later in March, and plaintiff now claimed the cost of the second bore £67 12s lOd, less £2O paid on account of the first bore. In both cases there had been over 30 hours of rock drilling. The defendant and his son gave evidence denying that plaintiff had been instructed to sink the second bore. Defendant was willing to pay £l4 2s lOd being the balance of the account of £34 2s lOd for the first bore, but would not admit the claim for the second bore.

His Worship gave judgment for the full amount of the claim as on the second bore plus costs.

Poulterer: Did the fowl I sent do for the whole family? Customer: Very nearly. The doctor is still attending us.