MAGISTRATE S COURT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17780, 25 February 1926, Page 8

MAGISTRATE S COURT.

CHRISTCHURCH. (Before Mr 11. A. Young, S.M.) DRUNKENNESS. A first offender was fined 20s, in de fault twenty-four hours’ imprisonment. (Before Mr 11. Y. Widdowson, S.M.) CIYIL BUSINESS. UNDEFENDED CASES. Judgment was given for the plaintiff by default in the following cases:—A. M. Anderson v. S. G. Maynard, £2 2s sd; Douglas A. Adams, Ltd., v. J. Shennan, £lB 10s 4d; Nestle and AnglcSwiss Condensed Milk Company v. Matthew G. Robertson, £ls 13s 9d; J. D. Marks v. W. M. M’Dowell, £9 9s; 11. Hollobon and Son, Ltd., v. W. B. D. Poninghouse. £32 13s 7d; the Christchurch Press Company v. J. Bryant, £7 10s; same v. William Horne, £6 os 6d; same v. James Miller, £5 7s lid; same v. Patrick Nicholas M’Grath, £4 19s lOd; same v. Thomas O’Connor, £2l 4s; same v. Robert Matthew Parkes, £8 13s 6d; same v. Alexander Sim, £4 17s 3d; same v. F. A. Thoms, £9 11s; W. 11. Brown v. Robert Stowie, £3 9s Gd. JUDGMENT SUMMONS. William Smith was ordered to pay O. F. Watson the sum of £8 Is 9d, in default ten days’ imprisonment. G. S. Mills was ordered to pay J. F. Iliil the sum of £4 4s 9d, in default seven days’ imprisonment. AWARD BREACHES. C. A*. Leeming, private hotelkeeper, was proceeded against for a £lO penalty by the Inspector of Awards for paying a waitress less than the minimum wages. He was ordered to pay a penalty of £3. J. Mills was ordered to pay a penalty of £1 for failing to give his employer sufficient notice of the termination of his employment. ’ Leonard lladiield, cartage contractor, was ordered to pay a penalty of £5 for failing to keep a time book.

F. 11. Steel, butcher, for a similar offence, was ordered to pay a penalty of £2.