Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1873.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 19, Issue 1265, 5 March 1872, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1873.

In the Be.side.nt Magistrate's Court this morning one drunkard was disposed of in the iis.ual manner. Ormond v. Hurley.—Claim of £2Q. Is 6d, amount of immigrants' promissory note and interest. Defendant disputed the item of interest, amounting to £B, on the ground that he had not received due notice. It was shown that notice had l>een posted to, him in Ma}*-, 1867 ; but foe stated that it had never reached foini. —Decision reserved. Qrmond v. ]\£Qnaghan.--Clai.m of £7 lss id, balance due an promissory note, —Judgment confessed for amount claimed, with 13,s Qrniomd v. Carter.—This caso ■was similar tQ the first; notice had feeen. posted to defendant, who, had MY& received it ? a.nd disputed

theitemof interest—Judgment reserved till to-morrow. Ormond v. Macartney. —Claim of .£5 10s balanoe due on immigrants' promissory note.—Claim admitted. Judgment for amount claimed, and 13s costs. Priestly v. Henare Toraoana. Claim of £2O damage. Mr Lee, who appeared iov the plaintiff, stated that his client, with the permission of Mr Sutton, had cut and stacked a quantity of timber on the Mangateretere Block. Defendant came with an overpowering force of natives, and a large number of carts, and forcibly carried off the whole of the timber. The question was not one of title, for the defendant had no claim, or pretence of claim to the land was not even a grantee. —On the application of Mr Oarlyon, who was retained by the defendant, the case was adjourned to 2 p.m. Guppy v. Dempsey.—An action to recover possession of a certain mare, or the sum of £ls. Mr Lee Tor the plaintiff; Mr Carlybn for defendant. Tlie plaintiff" stated that some time ag<> he agreed to exchange a mare belonging to him for one belonging to the defendant, and to pay him Ml into the bargain. A few clays after, be offered the defendant ,£l, which he refused to take. Defendant afterwards sent back the mare he had received, and claimed the other back, but the plaintiff refused to go off the original bargain. The mare lie had received was kept in a properly-secured paddock, the gate of which wa- locked. One night recently the paddock was secretly entered, and the animal taken away; and it was afterwards seen in defendant's possession.—Defendant's case was, that the plaintiff's mare was merely taken on trial, and proved unsatisfactory ; and that no exchange had ever taken place. Evidence was called on both sides.— Judgment for defendant. We lave to thank Mr Hughes, chief mate of the Star of the South, for delivery of late Auckland papers. We observe that two of the Wanga nm Cavalry have qualified themselves to shoot for the Colonial Prizes at Christ church. As the number is limited to five competitors for the colony, Wanganui has every reason to be proud of its Volunteeis. The successful marksmeu are Sergeant. Major Lockett and Sergt. T. D. Gumming. At the Police Court, Auckland, on the 29th February, a man was convicted of no less than eight petty lar cenies of dresses, shirts, axes, buckets, and other Miiall household utensils. He was sent to prison for two months for each offence—one sentence to commence at. the expiration of the other. The New Zealand Herald, March 1, —"An extraordinary occurrence took place at one of the banks in town yesterday morning. A settler named Boyle, living at Mauku, presented a cheque for ,£IOO, which was cashed. After he had gone, the teller found that he was ,£IOO short, and was under the impression that he had given it to Boyle. Ine police were communicated with, and at once looked after Boyle, who denied that he had received more than the cheque was drawn out for. He was then taken into custody, and will be brought up at the Police Court this morning. A new tent in connection with the Independent Order of Rechabices was opened at Coromandel on the 27th Feb. A dozen members were initiated; a nnmber of others who had signified their consent to join the order not being able to attend. After the initiation, the tent was named " Star of Coromandel," and a number of brethren were appointed to the various offices. The presiding officer then delivered a short address explanatory of the duties of the members, and closed the tent in due form, wishing it God speed, Ji so?ip manufactury is about to be established in Wellington. The Australian Steam Navigation Company have given up, for the present, the idea of re opening steam communication between Sydney and the South-* era ports of New Zealand. The com pany desires to enter upon this trade, and will do. so the moment a reasonable amount of encouragement offers ; but at present the inducement is insufficient to justify the company in incurring the'large expense involved in placing one of their li,rst-cjass, steamers on the liuo..