MANAWATU NOTES

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 225, 17 June 1920, Page 5

MANAWATU NOTES

The latest tolcphono directory issued for Palinerston North shows that within a radius of 30 miles of that centre there are now -3500 subscribers. •Of these Pr.lmerston has 1272 subscribers, and Pending 592 subscribers, tho others boing distributed over the various small centres in the district. t Tho work of putlimr in tho nutomatio is still being carried on, and quite a number of gangs of men are employed in putting up insulated wires and removing -some hundreds of telephono posts which are not required under the now system. As material is very scares *t is qiuto probable that it will bo another six or nine months before tho automatic w inKlalled. In tho meantime further temporary boards aro being added to the 'exchange on the old system, and as scion as these nro ready they will bo nuickly absorbed, as there arc a largo number of applicants waiting for connections. „ ~,,., ,1. M tho Palmerstbn North Magistrates Court a judgment Ims been given which should bo of considerable interest to tho fair sex, while it will probably equal y refer to transactions between tho malo sex and -their sartorial artists. Rome little time ago, a local modiste received an order from a lady to provide her with a suitable costumo to appear in at tho local races. The costume was duly sent home, and with it a bill for forty-two guineas. No arrangement had' been made as to cost when _ tho order was given, and the lady considering the price more than she had intended to pay, immediately returned the goods. As a sequel she- was sued for the amount in the. local Court,, ond after hearing: evidence tho Magistrate, Mr. J. Xogan Stout, took timo to consider tho case. .Ho has now givtm judgment for tho defendant on tho grounds that there was no evidence of a contract or of tho goods having bron received.' In his remarks ho points out that in order to constitute a contract the liereon requiring garments mado above a valuo of £10 must sign an order for the Fnme.