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NZ Truth, Issue 144, 21 March 1908, Page 5

Christchurch motor hogs ought to take the Mayor of .Woolston as a pattern for, speed. His timid Worship is so slow that a recreant blade of grass which caught m the spakes recently pulled up the car,, and a snail racing behind was disabled by unexpected contact with the back of the disabled motor. Country newspapers just now are gloatingly publishing the decision given at the S.M. Court, Thames, the other day, wherein the proprietor of the "Star" sued an individual fox £2 18s subscription dues, and got a verdict for that .amount. In the case m question tire defendant had left the district without stopping the paper, and subsequently others continued to receive it, but no payment being made, the defendant was sued for the total amount owing. His Worship said that it had been given as a decision thit even if a subscriber did order the stontiage of a paper, that order was practically invalid unless the arrears to date were paid. The Magistrate further declared that m a case where the paper was left at a residence by mistake, and the paper accepted by the new tenant and no objection raised, the person so receiving the <aner would be liable, as havin- ' tacitly consented it its delivery and having accepted same. What a chance nn trhow to "bung-up" the circuit* tic n. The "N.Z. Times" and "the Microbe" oueht to take a note of this.-