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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 250, 19 October 1907, Page 5

The icllowing is Captain Edwin' 3 weather forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. this day:—"Strong easterly winds to gale; rain probable, but moderate to strong winds after 36 hours; tides good; sea moderate; rain probable; glass fall." An interesting case was decided at the Magistrate's Court. ..yesterday, in which Mr. James Dacre, commission agent, claimed from Mrs. Eliza Ann Workman, executrix of \ the will of the late Robert Workman, the sum of £175 as commission on the sale of "a certairi quantity, of timber, which the plaintiff stated had been sold by. him at £3500. The plaintiff asserted that, after securing a purchaser at that amount, Mrs. Workman told him that she wanted £3500 net, although, in a prior conversation, he understood' that his conuriission was to come out of that amount: The defendant, on the other hand, stated that she had received a, letter from Mr. Dacre on 20th February, stating that he had sold the timber for £3500. She immediately replied that she could only agree to* sell if she got £3500 net. Mr; Dacre did not reply to this letter, and witness did not hear any more about.it until 16th April, when she.: received the draft agreement, for perusal. Mr, District Judge Kettle, •in commenting on the'unreliable arid contradictory nature of, the plaintiffs, evidence," decided td non-suit with costs. .• --, ['.■■- *y