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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 165, 8 April 1921, Page 5

Judgment was delivered in tho Magistrate’s Court at Carterton on Wednesday on the claim of H. J. Kelliher, for .£5O damages from Charles M’Donald, formerly of Hketahuna, for a broach of warranty given by defendant in the sale of certain oows. The Magistrate eaid that in. such cases as this the measure of damage (in the absence of any agrenient) was the difference in value between the cows empty and in calf. When the buyer found they were empty he eold them for .£25 7s. He estimated the cost of replacing these cows with similar cows in profit at X2O each (.£6O for three). The difference between 4125 7s and -860 was the amount of damage sustained, viz., .£34 135., for which amount judgment was given, loss the amount already paid into Court. 4112 10»„ 9d„ with costs X 1 04s. Security for The Power Stations and Tramway Committee of the City Council reported last night that it had given further consideration to the question of the 'tariff for alternating current supply, referred back to it by tho council at its last meeting. The- committee reaffirmed its recommendations, as follow —’Supply for heating, 2d. per unit net (present rate 2d. per unit with 25 per cent, discount). This will have the effect of slightly reducing current., used for heating, and ease the load oh ' the station during the peak-loading hours. Power supply, 4d. per unit with existing' discount scale. This will bring the price of the alternating current supply equal to the direct current, and thereby remove the anomaly which at present «rf»ts.” The recommendation was adopted by 10 votes to 8.