MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9716, 11 February 1910, Page 7

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

MASTBRTON—THURSDAY. (Before Mr R. H. Turton, S.M.) CIVIL CASES. j Judgment by default with costs, was delivered in the following cases | yesterday morning:— J Butcher Bros. v. K. H. Fisher, £3 { 3s 3d, costs 10s; Masterton [lrnple- j ment Company v. K. W. Harvey, £B, ' costs £2 6s 6d; A. .1. Giddings v. W. E. Leach, £1 3s 7d, costs ss; W. G. j Taylor v. W. C. VinceDt, £2 2s, costs 10s; Hendry and Buxton v. Gtoffrey Porter, 15s 6d, costs ss; P. Hamill v. Pere Andrew, costs only, I £3 8s 6d.

JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. Orders on judgment, summonses wore made as under:— Beale and Parton v. Angus J. McCurdy, £4 16a, order made for payment of £4 10s 6d forthwith, payable] in weekly instalments of ss?, in default five days' imprisonment; Arthur John biddings v. Frederick Benge, order made for payment of £9 5s 8d forthwith, in default nine days' imprisonment; P. O'Dowd v. Robert Walker, order made for payment of £l, in default 21 days' imprisonment; Alexander Donald v. Waata Paraone, order made for payment of £l9 23 6d forthwith, £lO to be paid on or before June 30th, and the balance on or before December 31st, in default 19 days' imprisonment; M. Olds v. A. Langley. order made for payment forthwith of £3 15s, in default four days' imprisonment; P. O'Dowd v. W. Rautu, order made for nay men t of £9 lis 6d forthwith, in default ten days' imprisonment; P. Hamill v. W. Rautu, order made for payment of £2B 12s Id forthwith, in default 21 days' irrprisonment. BREACH OFCONTRACT. George Attick v. McLachlan Bros., claim £9 for breach of agreement to epmloy and £1 general damages. Mr R. J. Jackson for plaintiff, Mr 0. N. Pragnell for defendant. Plaintiff gave evidence to the effect that he saw John McLachlan on the 26th January at the Sonoma Boardinghouse. He said "I hear you want a cook," to which McLachlan replied "Yes, I can give 35s a week and two months' work." Witness said he would accept and it was arranged he should start next morning. He received a message next day from defendant that he was nut required. Witnesses were called to corroborate the evidence as to the engagement. Mr Pragnell applied for a nonsuit on the grounds that a weekly notice was the custom, and he had paid one week's wages into Court. He quoted cases in support. His Worship decided to hear evidence for the defence. Judgment was given for plaintiff for £9 7s with cost.3. A TARGET CASE. Curadine and Whittaker claimed £l7 4s lid from Puhara Te Tau for the construction of targets and other work at Te Ore Ore. Mr Coradine appeared for plaintiffs, and Mr Robinson for After hearing the evidence His Worship gave ju.dgment for plaintiff for £8 7a lid with costs amounting to £2 13s.