HAWERA.

Patea Mail, Volume V, Issue 499, 13 March 1880, Page 2

HAWERA.

(FROM our. -OWN CORRESPONDENT.) P.M. COURT.—Thursday. (Before C. A. Wray, Esq., R..M.) James Clark was ■summoned by the police for being drunk in Normnnby, on the 10th instant. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Constable Murphy said that

he had shontecl for the man to get him home, but he was drunk at the time. The R.M. said that it was an extraordinary thing for a constable to give drink to a drunken man ; he must, therefore, dismiss the case, but cautioned the defendant, as he had been charged twice before with the same offence.

' John Redding and a Maori were charged with keeping a dog without a license. Redding did not put in an appearance, and was lined £2 and costs. The Maori had the dog registered by the time lie hud got into Court, and he was dismissed with a caution. J. Harrison v T. Hawke. Mr Barley man appeared for plaintiff, and asked that the case might be adjourned in the abseucejof the defendant’s solicitor. Adjourned accordingly. M. D. King vJ. O’Callnghan, claim £49 (or goods supplied. Mr Barleyimm for plaintiff. The defendant ohj.*ctcd to some of the items. He acknowledged owing Mr King £33 Us Id. Judgment given for amount acknowledged, and costs 30s, and solicitor’s fee. £3 3s.

Same v Nukn, claim £3 14s ; judgment for amount claimed, and costs ss. T. H. Weddle v W. Clearer, claim £47 Os lOd. Plaintiff appeared in person, and Mr Barleyman appeared for defendant. This was an action to recover balance due under a contract for building a house at Kerman by. The contract was admitted, but it was contended on the part of the defendant that the building had not been erected according to contract; that the work had been done in a most unworkmanlike manner ; that a ehimnoy had been so badly constructed that it hud to be pulled down ; and that some items charged as extras were ov •rein rges.—The Court, after hearing evidence on both sides, ruled in favor of the contentious of the defendant —that the contract had not been carried out; that the building was less valuable tiiau the building contracted for; and (hat plaintiff was entitled to a Judgment for £l4 4s 6d, and 30s costs.

The special convspmident to the Lyttelton 'J'anus is again making himself obnoxious by his ohl trade of scurrilously libelling people. There is an ohl saying, and undoubtedly a true one, “(jive a man rope enough, and he will hang himself;” and the “ special” will no doubt live long enough to experience the truth of (lint saying. The victims of In's untruthful pen now are the unemployed men sent from Wellington to work on the Plains. He politely calls them “ jail birds.” Lt is bard lines enough for honest, hard working men (as u good many of them are, although there may be one or two black sheep) to be brought out to the colony to find poverty and starvation staring them in the I’ace, instead of wealth and plenty. It is not their fault, but their misfortune to arrive when the country is in such a stale of depression as it is at the present time. -il-ny of llio 111011 on tlm I’inins ure married, with families, and tiny have to leave their wives and families, to starve t.liems ‘1 ves on lour shillings per diem, without having such foul epithets as “jail birds” hurled at them. The men, when they read such reports as those written by the “special,” naturally feel incensed, and the “special” might have a cold bath when it was inconvenient, or perhaps ride a rail if he goes anywhere within range of the camn. Phe ■•special” would not like to he called mimes publicly, I expect, hut lie will have to he cautious what he does, because people will talk, and when you hear remarks about persons uttering valueless cheques, and stories about a watch and chain Hying round, it makes us a little careful o! who wo trust; and we were particularly liberal and honest up here until the “ special” came amongst us. The “ special,” before ho goes near the camp again, had hotter enquire from some medical man what medicine would he required for a cold, or get a stock of Holloway’s Ointment on hand ready for emergencies.

ASSESSMENT COULITS. Sittin'GS of the above Courts will be held by Captain Wray (Judge), as follows ; Waverloy Town Board—At the Town Hall, Waverley, on Monday, 15tli March, at 10 a.m. Wairoa Highway Board—At Messrs Morton & Lupine's residence, Waverley, on Monday, 15th March, at noon.