BIG INCREASE IN COURT BUSINESS.
QUARTERLY FIGURES OF SUITS FOR DEBTS. Big: increases are shown in the returns of civil business carried out at the Magistrate’s Court for the quarter ended December 31. The following table gives a comparison of the figures:— To Dec. SI, To Dec. 31, 1929. 1930 Total am'nt sued for £29,552 IS S X34.14S S ' Number of plaints 1,949 2,459 Actually before Court 1,302 1,249 Distress warrants 9G 160 Judgment sum'onses 4 59 56S Warrants of committal 20 45 Writs of arrest 1 Cases heard in cham’rs 123 141 Issued by regis. post 136 126 Civil fees pd. in stamps £1,904 14 0 £2,500 0 0 Licens'g fees pd. in st’ps £25 2 0 £29 9 0 Total am’nt claimed £16,617 4 11 £22,046 S 2 Total am'nt recovered £IS,3GS 2 1 £20,34S 26 »
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19271, 7 January 1931, Page 8
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