HASTINGS NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 556, 10 July 1909, Page 14

HASTINGS NOTES.

(By CorreSDonienl.) : Hastings, July 9. :• The weekly sitting of. tho -Magistrate's Court was lield-to-day,Mr. S. 15. M Carthy, S.M., presiding. TWe-was an unusually large amount of business v to bo transacted. J. Cassin pleaded guilty to failing' to keep a proper time 1 and .wages book, and was' fined £1-apd costs.' In the case of;John_'A. Forbes, charged in connection with'stamping a receipt for £4 12a.' 1 6d., evidence showed that defendant had no stamp available when the bill was and gavS a temporary receipt) promising to / send a .proper receipt later./ The other receipt; was not sent, however^The. magistrate said that, the temporary 'document was. a receipt, and" fined defendant lOa. and costs. ; Dr.' Robert;Nairh sued. A." A. Georgo for £130, amount alleged to bo duo. on a promissory note, with interest thoreon.'. ,Dr.-.Nairn deposed that; he was the .'assignoovof certain .book debts of Aloysiuß Gorry,'. -bankrupt', which included a pro?' missory.. note for ,£IOB owing by .defendant. Tho promissory note had been lost, and could not lie found. Aloysiua Corry gavo. evidence to. tho effect that.-ha built, a shop for defendant. (value. £174), and: received £74, .and £100 promissory note due 12 months from ;date,; ; AVheniho)was-made, bankrupt' he handed tho cote to/the.' official assignee.' Further evidence having . been ■ given, .the'magistrate r&eryed,vde«sion.. ,D. Hogg sued *E. - ; 'J. Hairis .for £10,/ money ' alleged to have been, lent on tho- racecourse. - Defendant denied borrowing''tho money, and con-tended, as an alternative,iVthat; it could not? be recovered under tho Gaming -The evidence was to the,, effect -.that plaintiff . was aware' : that, the money/was' for botting purposes. ; Tl:6 magistrate held that,, at. the ,timo of tho loan, betting had not taken place, but-gave judgment. for defendant vntn costs.'ln -the. case Sweeney v. O'Donoghtie,- claim £25. for damages, it was: alleged, that defendant, who i 6 ; -a. publicanj/put plaintiff outside/. ;it being ' after hours.,' By defendant closing.- the door, plaintiff's finger was r jambed. After, hearing evidence, tho magistrate'gave judgment fop defendant,:-holding that plaintiff passing, after'hours/and defendant was .entitled -to't use' : sufficient force to eject, -bin i '• is' still j sitting y "> \ Tho'«earch for it ho man said to have beei drowned in-.the Tuki-Tuki River last Sundaj was .dißcontinued,to-rday, owing to the floodec state"of; the riveK".'lt' is intended to' organis< ■ a largo search party, on,.Sunday.. .. . , 1 1 ' iAt-. tho i quarterly .meeting of ;the Methoidis' . Church .last .(.night, tho Rev. 'W. Tinsley on .behaU of -tho trustees- and friends, pre ■sonted -Mr.;'A. Sims with a- hot-water ju| '» and and. an' addressj, on th> 1 occasion;of;,)iis leaving for -Wellmgton.; Op portunity;- was also' '.taken to bid farewell i Mr. R. jE.iJ§arneß,; who -is leaving for Eng land,aM:'*meiilb&'sT^Tshed i iriin ravery/suc - cess.'" 1 -V V,"y i

Tho quarterly meeting "of tho Methodist Church- was hold last- night, tho Rev. Mr. ] Tin-sidy presiding. Reports received wore all considered. satisfactory; A discussion took place on-the question: " Should an independent • conference bo' -formed ,for. New-rZea-land and '• the decision was. in. theaffirmative... Tho Rq'v. Mr. Tinsley; .and : a committee/were appointed to go into tho question of,' church . finance, and' ; the nomination.-- for minister at 'tho: September, meeting.'.' . ' i :Four teams from the Hastings and.Heretftunga . Clubs met at: billiards last 'night. Hastings won three games out of four, and are. thus: leading by two .games for the sea- ... ■

■At ft:meeting of afternoon it was decided: to hold a, social to: bid --'fare-well-to tho Rot.. J„ L. A.Kaylo on Honday_, August 2. /

v; Lord ! and Lady-Roberts recently celebrated I their golden wedding, at their residence, Englesmere, Ascot. It wax fifty years ago that Lieutenant Roberts married Miss-Nora Bews. in; Waterford Parish Church, and sinco then the simplo lieutenant has become an earl-and .8;'. and .made for.himself a name, that is known iri every cornel of :the globe. 'It was >vhile on.,his honeymoon that Lieutenant .Roberts was summoned to Buckingham Palaco to receive the Victoria Cross for. two acts ,of great gallantry. - Lord and Lady Roberts . had . sis children, 'but the .first three, all died.'in infancy,' and their- only son was, killed' at' Colenso, during the South African War, after winning tho V.C:>, like ..his ; father, ; by - conspicuous- gal. lantry. '.' A mule can kick .both hard and 'quick, And when-you least expect itj A 'cold may kill, and often, will Defy you to reject it! But woods' yoirknow some timo ago, . And after yeara ;of -thinking, Invented 'his Great Peppermint Cure, . Tflhifih atepa all colfla.iiko.,winking 1 u