WAITARA NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 258, 10 March 1911, Page 5

WAITARA NEWS

(From Our Own Correspondent.) At a sitting of the S.M. Court mi Wednesday, judgment by default wa-. given in the following eases:—Albert Waters v. Richard O'Donnell, claim £4 «3 lid, costs 20s; Richard Gribbon v. Samuel Hunter, claim £4, costs 13s; Charles N. Rowe v. Tunga, claim £7 10s, costs £1 15s (id; Dennis George v. Walter Terrill, claim £1 3s, judgment for 13s and 8s costs. In the judgment summons case, Daniel Danielson v. Ernest Buckland, claim £3 12s, an adjournment vte granted (defendant hating paid £1 10s off the claim) to enable him to meet the balance. Owing to a bar of iron falling on to \ his foot with considerable force. Mr. H. Spitrdle will be incapacitated for seme days. Fortunately no bones were broken, but the foot is considerably brnised. Mr. Ashton met with a painful accident through the bursting of a spirit lamp on Tuesday, the. result being some very severe burns on the face and head. The debentures in connection with the recent loan have arrived, and a special meeting of the borough council is called for this evening to appoint the mayor and treasurer to fiiem. The ordinary monthly meeting of th« Harbor Board takes place this evening. The council has received intimation of the payment of the Government library subsidy for IMS of £2O 7s 3d. Of this, , £lO is to he spent immediately in tbn purchase of books. An extraordinarily hiirh test was shown by some cows at the Waimarino show recently. Tn the returns of a factory in the district a herd of some 30 cows showed a test of 1.8 foT th« week. Can nnv of vour readers heat this for a rewritl ''lf'^fTOTUf