MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2161, 29 May 1914, Page 5

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

ENGLISH TINSMITH'S CLAIM. ON WELLINGTON FIRM. .The history of >fho engagement of a tinsmith in_ London and his subsequent relations \yitli a. local firm was, told in :i civil action which was heard by .Mr. ■W. R. lliddell, S.M., : ili the. Magistrate's Court yostenla.y. In this caseJf.hu • Henry Coker claimed the sum of £36 4i>. as .wages from Jenkins and Slack, plumbers, of AVellington. Mr. A. 11. Himlmarsh appeared for nlaintiff ami Jlyors defended. Plaintiff statpr] in evidence that diiriii;: October, 1012. he saw Messrs. Asliferd and Brook, in London, in tonscfiuonec of nil idvertisemenl appearing iii the "Daily Chronicle." He was on" Raged by tho above-mentioned firm to Ko to New Zealand to work for Jenkins and Mack. He ivas recoiving £2 Is, 3d.

per week in London, and lie had worked in one position for over 1? years. Ho sold his house and cemc out to *Ntw Zealand with his wife and child. On tho day after his arrival in Wellington lio started work with Jenkins ami Mack. Hid rate of wages being Is, 3d. per hour. November, 1013, hti was told to "stand oil" i'or a fortnight. Some time later, ho met Mr. Mack -on Lambton Quay, and he was told to ccrmo back to work. He worked on for tho firm till Apri! last, when he was put off. Ho was at present working , for tho Post and Telegraph Department and was receiving t's. per day. Ho claimed'£lo 4s. for wages for tho 144 hours that j ho had been ofi work while in Jenkins j and Mack's employment, ami £26 as j tho difference between his wages at Jenkins and Mack's for one year and j his present rate of pay. For the defence Mr. Myers contended that tho plaintiff bad "left the firm of Jenkins and Mad- voluntarily. Tho firm bad paid £10 -Is. into Court in ■ full settlement of the claim. William Thomas Mack sftid that the; plaintiff was put off owing; to the etawness of his work. Ho had, however, not _ dismissed plaintiff. His 'Wwsltip gave judgment for plaintiff for £10 4s.' on tire first count and for £12 ; oft the second, being .at th<? ratoof Sjs.per week for 48 weeks. Costs amounting to' £2 16s. were allowed plaintiff. . LOST LUGGAGE. The loss'cf. a passenger's luggage was the subject'of a ■ claim which was heard by Mr. ,$.. G- RiddoH, S.M. Martha Hannali , , wife of Allan Walter ■\VoDfitmijn, poiiltrymah, Wereroa;, proceeded, against tho gliaw, Saviil and Albion Company, jfor the recocery of £10, .bejh'g tlieVvalue of a trunk and contents C«eariitg apparel) which it was alleged had been, delivered to tte company to con? ; 6y from ■'\V©lHnartoii to Na* pier. T%e-: treiik: was delivered to the company, on of'about March 17, 1913, and was alleged to bavo been last by them. The case was partly heard yesterday and was then adjourned until this morning. Mir. -'4. H.'Hindraarsh appeared, for plaintiff and Mr. H. E. Evans f&r" the company. ,

KENT * REMOVAL OF EUBBISH. .A claioi for mnt.aHd exjoenses jii» curred ia remevjil «jf rubbish was'tiie basis of'an actian )i6;»rd by Mr. 1). 0.. A. Cooper, S.M.- Alice .Park, widow, sued E. -IVr. IsMtt, ■ nightwatohman, for £5 lus,,. as ■ rteht due on the tenancy of a cottage far ■ one month and £1, as expenses, incurred in removing r\ibbish aUegetJ to hafre. been left in the house, by defendant. After fearing evideneo Bis Worship non-suited pfairtiff- on the first islaita, and gave jti&vmeflt for defendant en tho second count with costs amottntmir to £1 gs. Mr. .A, H. Cunnkghnm aopea«d for tho plaiatig and Sir. I k ."W. Jackson defended. BROKEN GRATE. A _ broken grate was tlio bone of <sen» tention in a. civil heard by Mr, D. G. A. Cooper, S.M. Tho' StstVart Timber, Glass, and Hard-n-are OniiAanT sued WaJjelin and Davis, of Bieiibciti for £4 ,18s., the- value of a grate supplied by tho plaintiffs to the defendants. :. Defondnnts slfcg«d that the grato was broken wh*u- tlujy r-cceirod it. so they had deducted the amount from their account. Thft plaintiffs, on the other hand, contended that tlio grate had boon properly packed raid must have been broken on tho wharf at Picfcoa. After hearing portion of th© evidence, , 'His"WOTShip admiirhed the case until to-day. Mr. T. C. A. rlislop anpeawd for plaintiffs, and Mr. H. F. Von Ha-asi defended.

PARMJEBS AT LAW. Eesorved flecision was dcsKvered by }lv. W. Q. RidcteH, S.M.. in a case in 'which George Wm. fiiirrell, fainiex, of "Upper Hatt,. , preceedpil against his brother,, Ernest Edward Biirrell, farmer, also'of Upper Hunt, to recover tho sani of £143 Is., as tlio estimated, amount of damage sMtain^d--by plaintiff's propert* during tho periotl which his brother holrl a lease of it. The money was claimed for depreciation in vaitio of the cattle on lho',p.roperS3- during the can-eiicy of the lease; (lamftgd- eawsed by growth of blackberries, a»f! -damage to' fencing. After-toviowiiiffi the.oa*&; His WorsMp considered , that, tlio of eiaifis line! been considerably ever-osttinaled. judgment would-be for pfeintilf'for £29, with costs amounting to £C 7s. ' Mr. T. C- A. Hi-slop appeared for plaintiff, «ni >jEr._ A. W, B : |a% for dcicndant. ' ' - . - ; UNDEF£KDEt> CASES/ Judgmcjit'was given for plaintiff by default with casts in the Mi6wm«; aa> defended civil cases by Jlf. W. G~Riddell, S.S|.:--W. H. liortah m£ Co. v. Charles. Stevens, £4, costs 14s. j 'Robert Gco. Tliti.inps.pn v. PJiill Kess-kr, £4 55., costs 10s.; Yaeuum Oil C<i,, Ltd., v. T. R. Hiishjnr}, M Is. Set,, .casts 10s.; Eomerit and Co. v. Frank. Bird. £2 os., costs 10s.; Henry Brown ■y. -Charles Deeble, £5 4s. 6d.. costs- dSl' 3s. 6d.; H. C. Gibbous and Go-., LtA..-y. T. H, Davoy,£3 16s. M., enst's. Ids'.; same v. C. Lewis, £4 13s. il., costslOs.; City Printing Co. v, Hamngtou, £1 7s. 7d., costs 55.: Mrs:'si; -M'Vinish v-W.-Hamcr.-ieiO- 13s; 2tt-, : <:estß £1 lQs. 6d.; CommMcial'A(jeijey,'Ltd., v. J. t>. Proffitt, £50 &. Mi; "costs -£4 35,: Macky. Logait, and : CaWwell, Ltd., s\ J. D. Proffiit,' £57 1.45., costs £4 3s. Gd.; F. Cooper, Ltd.,' y. A. S. Swts, 6d.. costs 10s, : It. C. Gibbfjns aad Co., Ltd., v. T. Webifeeibana, £2 45.. Co-its 18s.; Macky, Logan,. awl Dttldwoll, Ltd., v. R. T. Thompsdit; £$ 7s. 6d., costs £2 os. 6d.: Waiter'Smalibene v. C. Gage, ■£3 9a.'3d.: oasts iSs.; K. Hudson and Co., ttfj,. v. C Gage, £3 2s. Bd., costs 13s. • : . ' JUDGMENT StIMMONSES. Peter was ortsered to pay Robert G-,?oyga TlmmnsoQ fe stim of £?, Ss. by June 11. Douglas Xewlaiicls Miller was orflerod to pny the Hew Zealand Loan..iiifl S-Wcantjlr* Agency O-.)., Ltd.. tho sum of t'fi Us. Stl., tit Monthly instalments of £1, first paymoat oil July 1. .' ' ' POLICE CASES. Walter. William Woodward, was fined 405., in rlefanlt 14 days' imprisonment, by Mr. D : . G. A. Compel-, -S.M., for ranking use of ©WrctionaWe lamtuage. For insebrioty, Minnie Jl'Kcil and Hugh M'Kegwy wore fisi-ed 2tk. each. Similarly,. <diarg<jd, Charles Sandotv wrts fined 10s. Five, first offenders who were also chargo.3 irift iteobriety were convicted and dff.eiiara<Kl.. .