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HYDE.—Oct. 11.

Resident. Maqisibate's Court. .(Before H. W. Robinson, Esq., R.M.) Boyd y> service. New summpns'to issue for November 15,... , . ".', ...",,," Smithson v:'price.—Claim £14165. No ; i service. New summons tb''issu ; e for No- j vember 15. 5 ., ... ~.-, -,. - T J Application for a Re-Hearing.—Laver- '] ty v. Connolly.—Mr. John Laverty cameij before the Court, and asked that the case, \ which had, beep decided in September,, should be re-heard. , The Magistrate asked if he had .given: defendant notice of his intention-to ask for a re-heaTihg. /Mr. • Laverty replied that he had not; but-that } the defendant was present in Court in.hjs capacity of bailiff. The Court said that; it was to entertain applications for re-hearing' except upon a written re- i quest, setting forth the grounds for .the application, and that /the party on 'the other side should hare a copy of such notice. The Court would then fix a day for entertainiug'the application; "The Magis- ' trate was proceeding to state what days would be convenient for going into the matter,, when Mr. Laverty again-urged that.the defendant was then present, whereupon'th'e'Magistrate' said'he would make no difficulty about ,considering"the application immediately if he were requested to'do so By both sides. THe-de-fendant, on being asked, declined to go into the matter forthwith, as he was taken by surprise. Mr. Laverty then.said he would not press for k re-hearing,: but would take other proceedings., , The matter then dropped! ■,.-■.■ Slaughtering License.—J. Laverty applied, for a license "for his premises... Granted, : subject ■ to favorable report of police. ',"'■'.'' 1 «i_—:— ■ '..■'"• Waeden's Couet. {Before H. W. Robinson, Esq., Warden.) M'Aulay and others v. Matthewson and Murray.—For forfeiture of an extended claim. Laurence Matthewson appeared' for defendants, and stated that he was not aware that the claim in question had been registered in his name. Plaintiffs produced copies of application and certificate issued to Peter Murray and Lawrence Matthewson on Bth December, 1873, for' the claim of two acres, arid adduced evidence to prove ' that' the defendants had never worked the ground; in fact, that it had never been worked at all. They (complainants) had included the ground within the bounds of a mining lease area they had recently applied for. -. Judgment ll --' That defendants forfeit all right and title' in and to two acres "of ground granted, to them as an extended claim',' under certificate 1334, dated Bth December, .1873, and that the certificate of registration'be cancelled in favor of complainants; defendants to pay. costs 395.> ;and 20s;/expense's of two witnesses. •;, ...-r v>; ;.-,i Mining Lease. —. The. application of Hugh M'Aulay*and .party •(Enterprise Company) for four acres of .ground on spur south of third gully, Hyde, was then considered. -This, application, had been partly heard at a.former' Court, and: an objection of A. and A.M'Kay. had then been gone into. There, was a further ob- | jection cf J. and P. r Laughton,- who claimed to be occupants of two acres ginally granted to Matthewson and Murray. This objection; had.apparently been ; disposed of by the decision in the case of, M'Aulay v. Matthewson. The: decision of the Warden was to grant certificate for the area applied for, less, a portion' of ground held by A. and A. M'Kay, as for-/ merly surveyed by the District Surveyor." The objection of Laughton Brothers was disallowed, and they were 'ordered to pay 30s. expenses of applicants for the hearing ot objection.