HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1051, 14 February 1911, Page 7

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

•'(From Oiir Own Co'rresponflent.)" " ' Tho monthly rally of ( tho No-Lieenss Leagno was held in St. Augustine s Hall, Petone, last; evening, • the - place being 'crowded.'' Tho Rev. A. Thompson occupied tho chair, nnd, the, speaker for- tho »«rcninc "ivfts Mr. R. A. \\ right, M;l ~ who,-in addressing the meeting, spoke chiefly on the new Liquor Act, with its somewhat drastic provisions. He. was fro-:-fluently. applauded, nnd in spirited language ho appealed to all to • btriko out tho top line," for thoisako of' thei chil.dren and .the Lwbpwr pavty. . Mr. \> right carefullv explained in detail of the fresh Ipgislation. Tho following contributed to the programme :-Mcssrs. dough; House, Jowett, Chamberlain, WrUlit, and I'iest, Misses_M Ivnjn (-), Miller Wright and Button. Mrs. > critz, and the Misses Kirk and M'lnnes vycro the accompanists. _ _ ■ ' ' At tho Petono Polico Court' yesterday morning, before Messrs. R._W. Short nnd "Wakeham, J.P.'s, . John Henry Calvert Hocson, a new arrival in the Dominion, for being drunk, was,convicted.and discharged. On n further charge of obscene language, accuScd was fined .C 3, in default 28 days' imprisonment; " _• A lengthy'sitting of the Upper Hutt Magistrate's Court was-held yesterday morning, most of tho time of tho magistrate (Dr. M'Artliur, S.M.) being taken up with two-civil cases. In the first ol' these Edward Whiteman sued Fred, t. Seed for .£4l in respect to tho ront of r cottage for a period of three years,"at a woekly'rental of 4s. Seed disputed tho claim on tho ground that tliero was no agreement in existence between the two; •parties, there being merely a verbal understanding to the effect that. ho was to havo the cottage for nothing. Plaintiff on tho other hand contended that no rent was to be charged only, in »««: event of certain improvements being eftcctedl,to the .property by the, occupier. These, ho subliiittcd, had not been carried out. - Eudenco in rebuttal was called for the defendant, who also counterelniniMl for a. IDs. representing the value of n cooking range installed in tho cottage. Judgment was in each enso reserved. Mr. Blair represented Whiteman, and Mr. Putnam appeared for Seed. • A considerable amount of evidence was heard in the case in which Michael .1. 'Cuncen, for whom Mr. Blair nppcared, sought to recover from Donald Rcid-the sum of .Cifl, being balance of amount alleged to he duo on a bushfelling contract. / His-Worship intimated that ho would deliver judgment in Wellington on February 15. owners of property in the Upper Hut d.strict. whose addresses were stated to be unknown, wore sued by the Town Boaid for due. In each caso judgment was enterrd up by default. The amounts were:—A. M. Harrison, .£«, Os 2d. ami -"«t«' P 1 75.; George 11. B. onnth,- Al 9>. ' Bd.. and costs .£1 55.; I.en. Palmer, Bs. CI., with costs £1 55.; B. Irwin, ss. Cd., with costs XI ss.