LATE LOCALS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 49, 27 February 1914, Page 6

LATE LOCALS.

To-day for the first time for some months, Mr G. W. K. Kenrick, S.M., had a full day at Court, and when proceedings were closed at 3 o'clock there were two cases still unheard.

The following have been gazetted Justices of the Peace (states• the Press Association): Mr Arthur Needham (Douglas), Mr Arthur J. Stockley (Kiore), and Mr Edward Walter (Douglas).

Joseph Sbarroek (Mr Thomson) proceeded against John Barwise Murray (Mr Ruthorfurd) at the Court this afternoon for wages on account of work done in concreting Mr Newton King's yards at Douglas. The case was only part heard when the Court adjourned at 3 o'clock.

In the Supreme Court at Auckland in the case against Thomas Brown, \vho was charged with indecent assault on a 11-year-old girl, the jury disagreed and a new trial was ordered. Accused was allowed bail, self in £2OO and two other sureties of £IOO each.—P.A.

Two of the Railway Department's officers are now engaged in making an inspection of the working railway services on the Taranaki section, with a view of reporting to 'the general manager as to the best means of accelerating the time-table. Meanwhile we wait in patience for the speeding-up.

At the Court this morning Charles Gooch (Mr Spratt) proceeded against Anton Zurcher (Mr Ruthorfurd) for the recovery of a clog, or failing possession of the clog, the sum of £SO. After hearing evidence which failed to establish that defendant had had! the dog, plaintiff was non-suited, the S.M. remarking that the similar looks of two dogs had apparently caused confusion. Costs amounting to £8 13s 9d were allowed. The case of Godfrey Phillips (Mr Thomson) v. Edward Hill, called at the Court this morning, turned out rather disastrously for "the plaintiff. The case was set down ' for hearing to-day, biit the plaintiff, who lives at Taihape, found at the last moment that ho could not attend and bis counsel wrote to defendant notifying him not to come to Court. But the letter was not received, and defendant, who lives at Oaonui, came right through and put in an appearance at Court? After considerable argument the case was dismissed, defendant objecting to an adjournment. Costs were allowed to defendant—£l 2s Id for travelling expenses and £1 10s for three days' loss of wages. The S.M. advised defendant to see next time that he was called to the Court at Opunake, the nearest Court to bis residence.