MAGISTRATE'S" COURT.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1590, 6 November 1912, Page 5

MAGISTRATE'S" COURT.

. (Before Dr.'M'Airthur, S.M.) CIVIL CASES. CONTRACTORS AT VAEIANCB; . '-Dr. M'Arthur, S.M., gave judgment yesterday in a case in which Charles Thomas Emeny sued 'Henry E. Manning for .678 10s. for plastering lyork .done. ,at, pnortt s. Theatre in . Wilffs Street. ■, .Manning was the contractor for the work, and Emeny the sub-contractor, who undertook tho plastering work. Of the total amount of claim, a sum of iMI 'Js. was for work on tho sub-contract, which it was alleged hftd not been paid for. Ihe balance, .£37 Is., was.'for extras. Defendant counter-claimed for <£30, chiefly-on account of certain delay for which he contended that plaintiff was responsible. _ His Worship gave judgment for. plaintiff for. JE69 95., and for defendant,for .CIO. "" ' _ . BUILDER'S OMISSION, j. F. Walters was' fined ,£1 for his having' failed to provide a sanitary convenience at a building which he was erecting at Taita., " UNDEFENDED, CASES. "In-the.following cases judgment was entered for the plaintiffs by default:^ D. Young-v. Augustus Malouey, ,£1 lis. od., costs 55.; Wellington Plumbers'and Gasfitters' Union v. William M. King, £1 Is., costs 65..; E.\ Norton and. Co. v; James G. -Leonard, 65., costs 3s. 6d.; H. Kahn v. J. Fergusßri,' ■ 12s. id., costs 55.; G. Burnham v. J.'Ford, los.'lod., costs os.; same v. Mrs. Mary Pope,'. ,£1.95., costs 'ss.'; D. 0. Wilkinson v.'James Bailey, .£1 lOi 10d., costs 10s.;'same v. James Smith, i£4 14s. 6d., costs 10s.; Samuel Brown, Ltd., v. Albert Morris,'costs 17s.;.A.'and T. Burt, Ltd.,v. Victor P. Spiers, ■£& ss. Id.; costs «E1 3s. 6d.; same v. Henry, Hilton, ,£1 19s. 9d.. costs ,ss. : / \ JUDGMENT ' SUMMONS. . , E. W. Woodhouse was .ordered td-pay AA 7 .' Perkins £1 7s.' 6d. in'instalments of iOs.^per-week: ■ , ";"V■' ■ . 'POLICE BUSINESS.

(Beforo Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M.)

DEPRESSED BY LOSS CVF SHIP.

John Christian pleaded guilty to a charge that he had attempted to commit suicide. • " ... . ■, c Mr E. X Kirkcaldie, who appeared tor Christian, stated that his client was a master mariner , who had been considerably depressed since the loss of his vessel, the Kotuku.' .' - , , • Christian-was convictcd and ordered to appear for sentence when called on; OTHER CASES. •<Ethel Cowie was granted a separation from her husband, William Cowie. She was given the guardianship of the children, and he was ordered to pay £1 per 'week towards their support. The proceedings were taken. separate; the husband is said to be in America.. For insobriety, Herman Reich was fined -£2 and John Sullivan 43. ■ Louis Domb admitted a charge of his having stolen 23 sacks, valued tit 10s.. belonging to Thompson Bros. He was fined |-'je2. On a'charge of the theft of 24' sacks from the same persons he was qonvicted and discharged. •

The nickel-steel storage battery, on which Mr. Edison has been at work for 10 years,'is.completed, at last (says a New York cable message). It is described as a perfect invention, and. the general belief is that it .is destined to revolutionise certain phases of transportation. The battery, in the production of which the famous inventor' spent- not less than •iGOO.OOO, is now being operated successfully on special trains running between New York and Long Beach. In the trials as far as they have-gone everything has worked most smoothly. . • ■ ■