MACRAES.- July 29.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 335, 6 August 1875, Page 3

MACRAES.- July 29.

- • EesideN'p Magisthate's Coitbt. - j, (Before H.'W. l E6bin^on,\E6q:, r 'li: : fi;Y ' TOSflßd. Plaintiff in thik wai naman, r and. .suit was. brought,to recover 'ail irtriount^'alleged td be ¥ue for wortb done-in corinectton with r deAmdaut's coii'traCct; "on the" Macraes Todd: 0 WefSnfikiit denied al] liability.; 'Plaintiff proved that he had undertaken a subcontract to get out stone ! tor tte ciontractors on' the road at the rate'of 305.-pei? vchain. 1 He--had g<j>t out enough for -14|; jchainsi wh.en defendant stopped liim. Jin addition to getting out stone, he claimed for wages for himself aid; other men loading, stone" for se-' 1 veral days. Only £ls 10s. had beenj)aid on account, ■ For thfe" r defeHce' : eviden(ie. l was brought tcrp'rove thafc r the stone-got' out was only enough'for 18 chains. I)e- 5 fondant also gavo esvrdence - that the ■ rea-. son for stopping. An Guey's works was the quality -of being r ob * tiainfed was t "satis factory v 'to' &e Engineer. Nevertheless he hkd used the stonSfor' : l3 chams] ,;? ahd had paid for ifc.l; He had then -Teqtrire.d the . Climamin .(blaintiffj-'io &omf)le.te- the f 37 "j chains,, l?ut he .had .resume | .work.". Defendant , therefore argued 'that-i the Chinaman, haying broken' tlie contract, was not entitled to recover. With regard to wages for loading stone, it appeared that the men' eibploybd'ldoked ;to" Hartstongue for their money; and not to An Guey, The' Court allowed for the ?.3 chains of stone, ind for An 1 Gaey's ownl loading. Judgment' for v £s 125., 20s. costs, and 10s. expens'es. " I . for leave .to keep open his licensed' housed f6'r :; onel riight. Granted. ' ! : : '-

1 _ Egg6rs r/'Sobex't.—jpebfc, £l4s .- "Debt, • £1 4si Defendant; a Maori; ;did not appear; bat had paid the money in to, Court. Slaughtering license granted to : R. Donaldson./-- . B. J>', ; r + J .<7-V VV ! : Warden's CoiT'Btie. » - K'. (Before "H.;W. Bcibirison, J2sqv, 1 Warden.) j ' ■ ' Swan;, water-race and ex- * tended claim ; Hopkins and others, dam ; Ah Lock, dam ; iRi Too, extended claim ; A. Upsdale, taxi race."