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Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 5 November 1920, Page 4

. (Continued from third page.) j returned Eere left it at his own place, 1 where the rubber cams off. I wanted to get it fized, as I had a chance of selling it, but Mra Eere would not hear of it being sold, saying it belonged to my wife. This action was because Mrs Eere was the trustee for my stepson. I paid for the trap, having bought it at Palmerston fron Mr Bett. I paid £44 6s ed delivered gi Manakau. This was in September, 1011. X sold my share in the Mokau , block and got the money to pay for j the trap. I have made two requests | for the trap, but Mrs Eere would nor ; deliver it to me. The boy also said lie would not allow possession to oe given. To Mr Jordon: It is about Id month' since Rere got the loan of the trap I consider it worth £3O. I knew the late George Brightwell, a half-easir> who died about September of this year. Brightwell offered to lend me i money to get the trap repaired, 'but I finally he paid Holdaway instead. 1 Brightwell drew up u document stat- . iug the gig was to be hia till the money | was repaid. I gave my wife the : money to pay, but I got no receipt. I | later got the trap back, the money ; owing having been paid. My w..c | secured a deal of money from sale of j land at Manakau, and I opened an | account at the bank with it in my I name. j To Mr Staveley: I paid tlie money to Brightwell in cash. Mr Jordon contended the money was never paid back as agreed, therefore the trap became Brightwell’s. j: Eere Maltima stated: The gig is j h worth about. £3O now, and has been ai I iity place for about a year. It was ii: | Blight well’s possession. Tarake ncv-i . j saw me about taking the gig back, bii: ! I believe he enquired about it. H>I never got it. and linaliy Mr Stavebp 1 wrote asking lor the vehicle. Wli.o j I the letter was opened Bright well askoi tor it. and on reading it said not ! j let tlie trap go because it lielonged ti. ! liiin. Brightwell then produced • . document signed by Tarake, and nab. i j it was proof that the trap was his. II ; ! said lie intended to hand the trap over to Turake’s stepson, and further that I Tarake did not pay any money owing > on it. Arai te Hatcte, wife of Here Mahinia, stated: I am the dcfemlan’ in this ease. Brightwell lived with nje some years before lie died, while I am the trustee of the youth named Ilari. my adopted sou. i believed the gig belonged to Rubia. mother of Ilari. and that she bought it with iier money. (Here followed corroborative- evidence.) Hari stated: The trap was owned by Euhia, and Tarake w aa present when J took it to Brightwell ■ Tarake a:-ke ! me later for the trap, but I said 1 wanted it myself. The S.M. tomidored if Tarake pu'd for the gig he would have got an acknowledgment. He would give judgment for the defendant, with costs £3 13s (id. Ouarrsi Over Violets. William Bikihnna (Mr Staveley) sued his brother, Pairorohu Rikihuna (Mr Harper) for £3 7s (id, in cornice- • tion wit the sale of violets. 1 Plaintiff stated he grew violets j sale, and gave certain quantities to his brother to send to Wellington for I him. Later the brothers had a quarrel, [ and Pairoroku refused to send any i more violets away tor his brother. S Plaintiff received certain moneys from I his brother, but claimed l'or <jsso, sent j during August, at 10s per 1000. PlainItiff denied that he owed his brother for ploughing and discing. Defendant stated that he sem violets away for his brother, doing the packing, etc., paying freight on rej turned empties, ete.. the arrangement 1 being that witness should receive is : per 100(1 for his trouble. Witness j acted in a similar way for Mrs Geo. ' Moses. Witness a iso bore losses on violets missing in Wellington. Plaintiff had also hired witness’ horses and plough, for which he considered £1 is (id a fair price to pay. A witness, named Kaiwhutau. stated she sent violets to Pairoroku. who sent them on to Wellington with his own. . and gave her Ss per 1000 for same. Me he Rikihaaa, daughter of defend- ! ant, deposed that she helped her : father to pack and despatch violets t.. Wellington, including those taken to . her father by William Kikihana. Her ! father paid freight, and paid William Ss per 1000 for the flowers. Tlie SOL gave judgment for plaintiff for amount claimed,, with costs.