JUDGMENTS FOR DEBT

Taranaki Daily News, 3 October 1929, Page 8

JUDGMENTS FOR DEBT

HAWERA MAGISTRATE’S COURT. Judgment for plaintiff by default was given by Air. J. H. Salmon, S.M., in the Hawera Alagistrate’s Court yesterday in the following undefended civil cases: — T. Surrey v. J. Hunt, £4 18s 4d (costs, 31s Gd); A. H. Shaw v. Kahn, £7 2s Od (£2 2 s Gd); same v. Tutauha, £4 7s lid (£1 Ils (id); D. Badcock v. John Hunt, £49 5s (£4 7s Gd); John AlcGhie v. G. D. Pinney, £7 15s (£1 7s Gd); Dr. Young v. D. D. Greaney, £4 14s Gd (£1 3s 6d); A. H. Shaw v. Henare, £l2 14s Id £3 ss). Under judgment summons T, K. Roberts was ordered to pay H. H. Bramwell the sum of £9 13s 6d forthwith, in default nine days’ imprisonment. J. AL Burns was ordered to pay the Farmers’ Co-op. £4l 13s lOd forthwith, in default 40 days’ imprisonment. At the suit of Al. G. Good, Pou was ordered to pay £4 15s forthwith, in default five days’ imprisonment. K. H. W. Couchman was ordered to pay Goldston-j and Patterson £4 16s lOd forthwith, in default five days’ imprisonment, the warrant to be suspended so long as the debtor pays £2 per month, the first payment to be made on October 16. /A Canty was ordered to pay E. E. Wells £3 4s by monthly instalments of £l, in default three days’ imprisonment.

HAWERA DEFENCE RIFLE CLUB. ANNUAL MEETING HELD. The annual meeting of the Hawera Defence Rifle Club was held last evening, Mr. A. G. Robertson (president) being in the chair. The president’s report stated that during the year members competed at the Greytown, Trentham, New Plymouth and Patea rifle meetings.. At Greytown Vice-President Booth was in seven out, of eight prize lists and was sixth in the aggregate. At Trentham Vice-President Booth and Rifleman Elgar both got into the prize lists. The New Plymouth meeting was attended by the president, vicepresident and Riflemen Elgar, Evans and Vinten, and all won prize money, Rifleman Evans being in four tyro prize lists out of six, which was a very creditable performance for a young shot. The president won the 600, 800 and 900 yards matches, the long range aggregate a,nd the grand aggregate and belt. The club’s team was third in the teams’ match. At the Patea meeting the president, VicePresidents Peterson and Booth and Riflemen Vinten, L. Uttinger, E. Uttinger and Evans were all in the prize lists. Vice-President Peterson won the 300 yards match with a possible, Rifleman L. Uttinger, with a possible, tied with four others in the 500 yards match, and the president won the grand aggregate and belt. In teams’ matches the club defeated New Plymouth for the Taranaki shield, and held it against a challenge from the Okato club. A friendly match at Kaponga was -won by the Kaponga club, and in home and home matches with the Okato club the home team was successful on each occasion. f During the year the targets were well looked after. *The butts in front of two targets were raised. New telephone poles, wires and insulators were erected and the telephones repaired. There was now telephone connection with the 500 yards mound and a little more work would extend it to the 600 yards. The thanks of the club were due to Messrs. Bennett and Sutton and Messrs. J. B. Gerrand and Sons for two fine cups, and to Alessrs. Lamb, Murch, Blair, Catran, Simpson, Liddington and Linkhorn for trophies. The thanks of members were due to Rifleman Vinten, the energetic secretary, and Rifleman Evans, the handicapper, for their good work; to the Defence Department for its courtesy in all dealing with the club, and to the Press for reports of matches and other doings. The president thanked members for their support. . The following officers were elected: — Patron, Dr. W. F. Buist; president, Mr. A. G. Robertson; vice-presidents, Messrs. P. Petersen and E. J. Booth; secretary, treasurer and handicapper, Mr. J. Vin’ten; auditor, Air. W. G. Alorrissey; shooting committee, Alessrs. A. Elgar, W. Cropp and L. Uttinger; general committee, Messrs. E. Uttinger, R. Evans and G. Harding. It was decided that any member of the defence forces joining the club should pay a subscription of 5s the first year, 10s the second year, and thereafter £l, and for any other new members the fee should be 10s for the first year. It was agreed to adopt the automatic system of handicapping, the shooting committee being empowered to fix this. Saturday, October 12, was fixed as the date for opening the season, the usual all-comers’ match to be fixed and the Patea and Kaponga clubs to be invited to attend. Mr. Vinten was voted an honorarium and thanked for his services as secretary, members speaking very highly of his energetic work. It wag agreed to send letters of thanks to the auditor, the donors of prizes and the Press.

TWO BREACHES OF AWARD. FINE OF £3 FOR BUTCHER. Breaches of the Taranaki butchers’ award were admitted in the Hawera Magistrate’s Court yesterday by W. O’Brien. The Labour Department’s inspector, Mr. W. J. Berfyman, stated that the defendant had paid a second shopman less than the award rate of £5 5s a week and had employed boys or youths in excess of the number permitted by the award, namely, one boy or youth to three men. Defendant himself, said Mr. Berryman, worked as first shopman, and on the occasion of the inspector’s visit he was employing a man as second shopman at £5 a week, a boy at £3 and a second boy at £1 10s, though he was entitled to only one boy. Since the visit he had made up the deficiency in the second shopman’s wages. The truth of the inspector’s statement was admitted on defendant’s behalf by Mr. L. A. Taylor, who sifid that in moving from one shop to another defendant lost his copy of the award. Being himself stricken with rheumatism, he had to bring in an assistant for five weeks, and paid him £5 a week in ignorance of tho provisions of the award. The extra boy had been brought in during a rush period. He was a brother of the other boy and was glad to obtain employment at £1 10s a week. The magistrate, Mr. J. H. Salmon, gave judgment against the defendant for £2 in respect of the first and £'l in respect of the second breach.