WARDEN'S COURT

Te Aroha News, Volume XI, Issue 1722, 16 March 1895, Page 2

WARDEN'S COURT

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13th. (Before Eyre fenny Esq., S.M. and Warden.) . Tttr fallowing 1 applications were dealt with".’, . Mi* Mewsham applied for permission to take up a quartz claim at Waiorongotnai, CQKtaining 5 men’s ground. Granted,. ■ Althea Carrick permission to work Champion Lode Extended 5.0.,' - with! two men for four months, Mr Miller, who Appeared vfor applicant, stated that he had received a letter from his client in which he stated that a company whs/lbMng floated at Home to work thp/ ground, and that there was . every probability (at a not very distant Mate) of operations .being carried on, on an- extensive scale. Mr Miller' handed thO letter to the Wardeii for perusal; who after reading said it was evidently a bcaa fide concern, and therefore he would grant the request. Emma Blencowe, business site, section 10, block 6, Te Aroha.. Granted. A. S. Parker, busines site, section .16, block 2, Morgantown. Granted. Mi* Newsham, protection for ‘ New Premier, ’ W aiorongom-.i, for 6 months. Granted for 3 months.

J. H. Fleming, application for machinesite, Waiorongomai. Granted. J: ;H. Fleming, water-race, Waiorongomai. ' Granted, J. H. Fleming ‘ Monarch,^special 1 claim. Adjourned pthj^il, . M.Flemiug, ‘ Scuptre,’[special claim; Adjourned sth April. j Mining Inspector vJ; All wood, application fori forfeiture tef settion 2, block 3, Te Aroha, for non payment of, annual tent. Section, forfeited, defendant tex pay costs /of court. Mining Inspector v Sarah Scott. Adjourned JLpril sth., Mining Inspector vW. H.. Murray. Adjourned sth April,

Mining ([lnspector v J. Kennedy, non payment of rent. Section forfeited, defendant to pay costs of court. .Mining Inspector v It. Brennan. In this case defendent was charged that he, not being the holder of a business site license, did carry on business as a cordwainer, etc., and had in his shop articles exposed for sale, thereby rendering himself liable to a penalty not exceeding £5. Defendant’s solicitor (Mr. Miller) contended that as defendant carries on a business under a busines site license under, the Gold-mining District Act, 1873, now held by Brown Campbell and Co., under whom defendant was a tenant, he was not personally liable. Judgment reserved till April sth. _ Mining Inspector v T. Williams. Adjourned till sth April. Mining Inspector v G. Bygrave; Adjourned till sth April.

At the conclusion of the Court the Warden gave the following ruling re transfers, and as it more or less affects residents in this place wo publish it in fuff ; • ; ■’ ' /•/ • Lipsey Town, Te ’All old titles of 73 in To Archil / ,->

AnyN person having a 1 business site license can convey any portion thereof, and the] title can be thus adjusted. The portion to the transferred to be surveyed, to be defined by a plan to the satisfaction of the Warden.

The original holder -of ; the license to surrender the portion he is desirous of conveying. ' . The Transferee to apply for a new license for the portion conveyed to him for the residue of the term.The holder of each portion to pay the full license/fee. tf.M. COURT. • ’ ./:., ’ ■ Judgment was delivered in the fallowing debt cases. ‘r ; ■ A. W. Edwards and others v H. Baskiviile claim £IQ 6s 6d. Adjourned to sth April, to allow defendant iyho had already paid ten guineas into court to -settle costs before that; date. D.S.C v Jas. Calderwood, no appearance of either plaintiff or defendant. Struck out- , J. -/Williams v. Darlington and Ayey~ claim for goods' supplied, £ll, 16s Id., Judgment for plaintiff with costs £1 19s. '7 ' i : ■/, ■ ' T. Cl Bell v H. P. Gotz, claim £ls. Defendant to pay £5 on April Ist, £5 on May Ist, and balance on June Ist, or in default 15 days imprisonment- ; ; J; Stanley vH. Gallagher, claim for horse hire etc. Our readers will remember that this case was decided some time back, in favour of the defendant, but a re-bearing having been granted the defendant rather"than let the case come before the couptiagairi, settled the matter by paying into court, the plaintiffs demands and costs./ Mr Gilchrist, plaintiffs solicitor; ashed leave to mention the ease. Mr Stanley, was a man in a public position, and . it was necessary that bis character should be cleared. : The fact of defendant settling this claim showed that he (defendant). had uttered untruths in the first case and wac afraid to appear before -rfeh/cor.rt again. His Worship concuppd with Mr Gilchrist’s . remarks, ‘adding that had there been any public interest connected with or involved, in this matter he would certainly .havebommitted Galla/gher for.perjury. Mrs Wilkinson v Rewi Mokena, assault.’ Am|ke prosecutrix was -.unable to be present through illness the case jam**-adjourned till April 5 th. - ■. r- -