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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21836, 13 December 1940, Page 5

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Former Auctioneer Fined Small Penalty Imposed At the Timaru Magistrate’s Court yesterday, before Mr H. Morgan. S.M.. Allan Norman Oakey (Mr J. P. Steven) was charged that at Timaru on November 26, 1940, being a person not the holder of an auctioneer’s licence, he did describe himself in writing and hold himself out as an auctioneer. Senior-Sergeant D. J. Hewitt said that defendant had advertised in “The Timaru Herald” that he was an auctioneer and he also had exhibited a sign to that effect outside his business premises. The police did not suggest for one moment that the defendant had carried out auctioneering when he did not possess a licence. Mr Steven said that the offence had been committed in ignorance, as the defendant was not aware that it was necessary for him to remove all traces of the fact that he had held an auctioneer’s licence. Defendant had held a licence for many years, but he had not renewed it after March 31 last. He had instructed “The Timaru Herald" to delete the word "auctioneer” from his advertisement. This had been done, but several weeks later he made another change in the wording. He had asked that the first advertisement should again be used, but his original advertisement using the word “auctioneer” had been published. He had no intention of flouting the law. The Magistrate: What about the word “auctioneer” in the sign outside his office? Senior-Sergeant Hewitt said that a constable had drawn defendant’s attention to the matter some weeks later, and he had immediately removed the word from the sign. The Magistrate: It appears to have , been an oversight. A heavy penalty, up to £lOO is provided. Defendant was convicted and fined £2 and costs 10/-. Traffic Breaches Terrance Edward Cooper and Neil Thomson were each fined 10/- and costs 10/- on a charge of cycling on Caroline Bay. Henry Joseph Heathcote Kennedy pleaded guilty to a breach of the parking regulations in Stafford Street. Senior-Sergeant Hewitt said that defendant had committed only a minor breach, and nothing would have been heard of it but for the fact that there had been a slight collision. Defendant told the Court that his appearance had not been because of a breach of the by-law, but as a result of the collision with his car. A fine of 10/-, with costs 10/- was imposed. On a charge of having driven a truck negligently in Church Street Ng Jim Kwong (Mr J. P. Steven) was fined £1 with costs 13/-. Youth Pleads Guilty Roy Pearson (Christchurch), aged 18 (Mr A. D. Mcßae) pleaded guilty to a charge of having used obscene language at Caroline Bay on November 3, 1940. The Magistrate said that the language was certainly filthy. Young men, even if they were under the influence of liquor, must realise that they could not be allowed to use such language in a public place. People who were leaving dances must be protected from that sort of thing. The penalty could be very severe, the Act providing for up to 12 months’ imprisonment. A fine of £5, plus 19/- costs was imposed, payment to be made in weekly sums of £l. Maintenance Case On a charge of having disobeyed the terms of a maintenance order, the arrears of which amounted to £26/10/up to September 30, 1940, Albert Fred James Andrews was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment with hard labour, the warrant to be suspended so long as he keeps up the payment of the present amount of maintenance £2/5/- weekly.