PALMERSTON NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1050, 13 February 1911, Page 3

PALMERSTON NOTES.

Illy .Tclosrapli-rSrcclal Corweponacnt.) ■ Palmcrtton I'ebruary 12. Mr. A. G'larko, who got "crushed under a 15cwt. case of plate-glass,,- which was being taken of! a-.xrolli-y on 'Friday, lmil hie thigh , dislocated, mid- was.'otuvnviso badly bruited. Tho 'dislocation was re-drcssed by Br. Martin, and ilr. Clarke is cow'progressing' well.' Mr. F. Gardes, who, has'left tho borough employ after fourteen years' ecrvIce, to,take up a position with, tho Foxton Boroußh Council, was on Saturday presented with a travelling bajr with n suitably inscribed silver. Plato by tho borough etaff; ' '•'• •.;■ ■■' -> ; . Out of eixht applications the l'ohau[jiua Couuty Council at its 'monthly meeting on - Saturday unanimously appointed Mr. 1). Sinclair, of l'almcretou, County 'Engineer. Mr. Sinclair formerly occupied tho position, but resigned to tako a trip to the Old Country. Tho c«ventecn-year-old eon'of Hr. Jas. Tennant, of Oroua Itridgo, met with a painful and' serious accident on i'ridny afternoou. Ho was doing eoraething with eorae glass when a piece flew into his eye. though the injury was painful, it was iibt at first thougstto bo serious, but on "briujjins the youth into Palwereton for medical .attention, it was found {hat tho eight "had been completely destroyed. ■ .

At the Supremo Court on Saturday, before the. Chief Justico and a jury of twelve, of which Mr. L. A. Abraham was foreman,' Thomas Sitcuiau claimed.£lo2o damages from William, Kenneth Golltm for tlio alleged seduction of plaintill's daughter. . Plaintiff,' in his ■ statement of claim, said ho ;\;as n widower with a family, of young children, and was tho father of Amelia Isabella Siteman, who was his eldest child.' IHs daushter Amelia-.'.was in the service of plaintiff during tho whole of tho year. 1909, and eince. Plaintiff alleged that in or aboc.t /the mouth of April, 1909, thb'defejidant seduced his. daughter, and that , she envo birth to a child. Plaintiff; claimed .£2O "as incidental expenses, and ~£IOOO as general damages. Tho statement of defenco -stated.'that Amelia Isabella Siteman was not, and is not, in tho service of the plaintiff, as alleged in the statement of'clainw that tho defendant did not seduce her, as alleged in the statement of claim; and that sho did not give birth to n child of which the defendant was tho father as alleged. Tho plaintiff had not been deprived of the services of the said Amelia Isabolla Sitcniau, and did not suffer the alleged or, any damages. Thos. Siteman, road surfaceman,residing at. Wimbledon, etatcd ho had known tho defendant for about eijht years. Ho detailed the circumstances of. tho case. Samuel Tnnsle.v, clerk of tho Court nt Dannevirko, read tho Court records in ' reference to preyious actions taken in tho lower' Court, ami having reference to tho caso beforo tho Conit. Amelia Isabella .Siteman and Hubert Morgan (district constable at- Dorbertvillc), and James Boach,. farmer,. Wimbledon, also ■ gnvo evidence. This closed the case for the plaintiff. For the defence William Kenneth Gollan,. who is employed on his father's farm at Wimbledon, gavo evidence on his own behalf. After addresses by counsel and his Honour, the jury, after a retirement of about an hour, brought in a verdict in favour of tho plaintiff for .£275 find costs. ■

_ Largo numbers of peoplo assembled at tlio showgrounds this afternoon, 'when tho Palmerstou Brass Band rendered an excellent programme of music. Five of tho bands which aro "to compete in tho band Contest have'already, arrived, and the town is lookinj; rjuito py, with tho uniformed members of Iho musical combinations. . • ■ ■ ' .v , .. •-.