MAGISTRATE’S COURT

Waipawa Mail, Volume LXVII, Issue 91, 21 April 1939, Page 3

MAGISTRATE’S COURT

THIS DAY. The monthly sitting of the Waipawa Magistrate’s Court was held, this morning before Mr J. Miller, S.M. TRAFFIC BREACHES. A number of eases for breaeh of traffic and transport regulations were dealt with, the Transport Department being represented by Messrs J. H. Semple and J. W. Coddington. J. McGregor, for operating a motor vehicle without a warrant of fitness, was fined 10s with costs 10s. J. G. Pearson, of Dannevirke, was charged with riding a motor cycle in a manner dangerous to the public, and further charged with using a motor cycle without proper foot-rests attached. The inspector stated that the cycle had been ridden on the street in a very erratic manner and it was fortunate that at the time there was very little traffic about. On the first charge defendant was fined £2 with costs 10s, and on the second charge a fine of 10s was imposed and costs 10s. R. C. Reid, of Waipawa, for driving without a license, was convicted and fined £4. The inspector stated that defendant had applied for a license, which had been declined on account of applicant’s sight. The Magistrate remarked that when a person was refused a license on account of poor eyesight and then went on the road, he became a menace to the public. li. Mathews, for operating a vehicle without a warrant of fitness, pleaded guilty and was fined 10s with costs , 12s.

D. A. Preston, Ltd. (Mr Havker) was charged with operating a motor vehicle for cartage of lambs without holding the necessary vehicle authority. Mr Harlter explained that the lorry was licensed for the cartage of timber and the offence was not intentional on the part of the Company. A fine of £2 was imposed, with Court costs 10s. A. R. MaeKenzie, of Feilding, on a charge of overtaking a vehicle without a visbility of 300 feet, was convicted and fined £1 10s and costs 10s. The inspector stated that the defendant pulled out from a line of cars when travelling near Pukehou on Christmas Eve, when there was a particularly large volume of traffic. UNLICENSED WIREMAN. J. H. Sinclair, -Waipawa, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of carrying out electrical work at the De Luxe Service Station, Waipawa, without being the holder of a wireman’s license.

On behalf of the Electrical Wiremen’s Registi'ation Board, Mr C. G. E. Harker said that it was. desired to place before the public the seriousness Of unregistered wiremen carrying out suck work. The defendant, it was stated, employed a registered wireman in his business but he was busy at the time of the offence and Sinclair was assisting with the installation at the De Luxe. In this particular instance there was no suggestion of any danger. The defendant, at his age, was unable to register as to do so lie would have to go through an apprenticeship. He had had considerable electrical experience, however, and generally supervised the work being done by his employee. All such installation work had to pass a test when completed. The Magistrate said the carrying out of electrical work by any but a qualified person was dangerous, but in view of the fact that in the ease before the Court the work being done was not dangerous, a penalty of £2 would be imposed with costs 10s. DEBT CASES. The following judgments were entered by default:' —J. A. Blom v. W. Cooper, £6, costs £1 12s 6d; W. T. Dobson v. A. J. Scott, £1 2s 4d, costs 10s; A. E. King v. R. Foote, £1 7s lid, costs 18s; J. L. Turley v. J. Wail'oa, £2 18s 4d, costs £2 4s 6d; W. T. Dobson v. D. Ratima, £lO 18s 9d, costs £3 Is; E. B. Shortt v. D. Brinson, £8 5s Bd, costs £1 10s 6d. L. Booth was order to pay B. Donglii the sum of £25 8s and solicitor’s fee £1 11s 6d forthwith in default 27 days, warrant to be suspended as long as 10s a fortnight is paid; R. Foote to pay Stevens and Son £4 10s forthwith in default five days,; S Foote to pay Yates’ Cash Stores £5 7s Id forthwith in default six days; E. Mannering to pay Simpson and Son £lB 12s Id and solicitor’s fee £1 Is, in defau.lt 20 days; Billie Sam to pay J. R. Barker £2O 15s 7d and solicitor’s fee £1 11s 6d forthwith in default 23 days.