MERCER

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 318, 12 October 1917, Page 1

MERCER

INDIAN AS MARRIAGE AGENT Ao we having souie unusual features engaged the atten;i'in of Mr E. Rawsou, S.M., at the Mercer Magistrate's Court on Wednesday of last week, when an Indian, named \leere Fredk I)een, sued .Thomas Trow, farm manager, of Churchill, for £l.'iS !Ss :M, made up as follows, viz, £5 10s balance of wages due, £l2 for one month's wages in lieu ■ d notice, IS, 5 1 plaintiff's train fue and expanses, and £l2<J estimated loss of milking contract There was a counter claim of Hi odd for board and lodging of ylaiutiff, his wife and child. Mr < yril 0 Mahonv appeared for the plaintilf and Mr 11 1' Gilliog j of Hamilton, for defendantThe evidence went to -show that plaintilf, with his wito aud child, visited defendant'.- house as an emissary Iron a ioiher ludian, who desired to bee iiue a suitor for the hand ui d-deiidaut's daughter. Plaintiffs wife tieiM If was a New 'A *alauder and nid adopted tho Mohammedan iaitli, whie.h she, however. lenouucod whilst at Churchill. During the cuiuse of 1 lis marriageageiny dnt:■ s plaintilf worked on the fai in and fuither alleged that a vi i !i,il was arrived at for him to dn .share-milking for the season Faction, however, arose between | 1 linti 11 and his wife and plain ill left Iho defence was that pl.iiiittil proved incompetent and also that lie deputed after i|iiatrelil1 lC with In- wile, who, it appeared, stopped on at defendant shou-e Jt trau-pire 1 that in his claim re milk c-tntrac.r p'aorill letused To have anything to do with pigs as such was ciiitrirv to hi: religion. ()no of Ins (jualdi • ati-uis i'or milking as represented to the defendant was that lie had mi iked bulla locs in India, bit Haloes, by his account, be ng twiet; as dilliciilt to milk a- cows Tim Magistrate eventually gave judgment for plaintiff for i!<>, bjing 12 (lays' wage* at Ids per day, and D> '.ls costs, and disallowed the otleT item- as nUo the counterclaim