RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT, LAWRENCE.

Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 24, 25 July 1868, Page 2

RESIDENT M AGISTRATE'S COURT, LAWRENCE.

. • , . .(Before Major .Croker, R-.M.j ~ 'Monday, 20th lluTy. * - - Uarrjs-k v. Mtmco. — Claim, £6 ,-12s. k 9d.Amount paid iuto Court. £$ ;:■<;, , Klingst v. Lancaster. -T-C!aim, L2o,j beiug the price ofa^cow andcalf lent to defendant(B' .servant to enable him to drive home a,-bullock. The cow and calf was to' have been roturned,which .was not done, and hence thia iaction. Verdict was .recorded for defendant, costs of Court, and 10s. expenses. Lancaster v. Castles. — This case arose out of the case 'Eliugst v. Lancaster, 7 It "Iras' withdrawn." ' 1 ,1 Liston"v."'-An J derßon.— Claim, Lll odd. Settled out of Court. ,f., f . ' Harris y. Capiticfc.— Claim," L 8 19s. No appearance of defendant. Verdict for amount claimed, costs of Cd art; and 10s. expenses. Harris v. Lennie. —Claim; 'L2B. The defendant admitted the amount,- but asked" fof time. The Magistrate referred him to plain-, tiff. Verdict for amount claimed, coita of Courts and lOs/exjierfßes-. '• • ii Thursday, 23rd July.' Harris v." Michael. — Claim £6 odd for goods ! • siip'pliecl.l This' was' '- an • adjourned to j enable to prove delivery 61 • goods, j Verdict : for pJAinJdff for £5 Os. 6d., and coats j of Court. .„„„.' . .Michael v. ;Harrjs.— Claim,- £9 65,, , for milk' and potatoes supplied. A" portion of-the claim was admitted by defendant. After^a consider- 1 * able amount of trouble and patience, -verdict j was given for plaintiff for £7 6s. v costs of Court, ; arid 10s.* expenses. I - '

A cynical old bacheWj who firmly believes thttt all women have something to say on aJL subjects, recently asked a female fsend, — -" Well, v madam,- what do you-- hold on this question of female suffrage?"]; To him the lady 'respo.nd.ed, . calmly, " Sir, I hold my tongue." "c ' v " . - Distance {of the 'Earth- from the Sun. — To" make the distance of the earth from the' sun ! ffitelligibie, M. Guillemin states that a railway trafot- r leaving the.earth and going at' 1 the rate of thirty, mile?-an, hour 'wottld^ require rather more/than 5347S 347 j years to reach it jso that if jjuch a train> had started on January Ist, 1866, it would be A. D. 2213 : betforeit arrived at its destination. - ' * Bogues. — A man „who-c heats iii short measure is a ' mqafojireless rogue. If : in -whisky, theri He is a rogue in spirit; t.lfch.eirgi^es a bad title- to land,.tibsn: he is a rogue in deed. If he gi^es shojrt measure in whea^ then hell a* Ttigue in jgranJ If 'he <jheats- l! w*h'e]£ he ; : cais tfak is in deed,. in spirtt^itr'graTnrarnieVisureless scounerel. ~lf "tie cheat! jat aUj; he is, a tall chggig * : _ " There now \~ cried a little gTrT, while 1 rumrriajojinf -W^aweij in a bureau ;- " there ! gran'pa has? gone' to heftvta withou^hi» spectacles •' "