R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3211, 22 May 1889, Page 2

R.M. COURT.

CAETERTON-TUE&DAY.

(Before Colonel Roberts, R.M.) Geo. Osborne v J, Brown, No appoaranco ot defendant. Mr Middleton for plaintiff, Claim for .£2, monies lent. Judgments amount, with costs 18s. ..'•..".'

Joe Corpa vJ. H. Davidson. Mr Beard for plaintiff, No appearance of defendant, A dishonored promissory note for £2O, Judgment for amount,with costs 21s, solicitors fees 215., . '.

E, Anderson vA, Armstrong, MrBeard for plaintiff. A claim of £2 2s expenses in attending Court as witness in a case, brought by the defendant against E. R. Jones on the 7th May inst. The defendant stated that no demand had been made. Judgment for 21s,

J. Buckeridge V Robo King. Mr Middleton for plaintiff, Mr Beard for defendant, Claim £5 6s for service of horse FitzHeroules. The plaintiff deposed that the mare was brought tu his place by Edwin King (husband of the defendant). The solicitors having addressed the Court oh the merits of the case the plaintiff was nonsuited with costs 21s.

J. Buokeridge v Geo. King. The oomißels as before. Claim of £6 5s for service of horse JTitz Heroules. The defendant denied all knowledge of the transaction.

Edwin King deposed that he made, arrangements with tho plaintiff about the service, but his father knew nothing about it, He took the mare to the plaintiffs place, and she was brought back to his place by Robert Buckeridge. Wm Sellar, Deputy Official Assignee, stated according to bankrupt's books, there were only a few shillings owing to the plaintiff from the estate of E. King & Co. The plaintiff re-called stated that tee was no arrangement made between bimsolf and King and Coin respect to any contra accounts. Judgment for defendant with costs. Thos. Bennett v A. Bennett. Claim for £llos 6d for funeral expenses in 1885. Mr Middleton for defendant.

James Meynck deposed tb being in the employ of the plaintiff at the time, but did not attend the funeral.

The defendant put ma set off to the. amount of £l4 lis for wages. Judgment was given for defendant for £9lßs with costs,

POOR TE KOOTI! ' The following i'b what an English paper (Modern Society) has to. say. about To Kooti, and tlio information will surprise most of our readers: "The long-expeoted insurrectioti of the; Maori chieftain Ta Kooti has at length begun, and we must expect to ■■. hear some very dieadml news hovljtt Auckland for the next few days. more abominably ill-treated and abused man than poor TeKooli exists, and all this trouble, this expenditure, and this shedding of blood is the re- . suit : of the cruel iri. which that most noble-hearted Ravage '-has; bieen '■, treated by the pctifoggiog'atediuhiscru-! f j imloiiß colonial'tmdeilingV'who'bavd',! made tho harae of Englishman deles- : ' .ted by the Maoris. Te Kooti, served "'.- for yeus with the greatest distinction'.; i and • devotion'. under. £ Her?; Majes'v} \ | ly's - flag; ", • and ■ gave \i : numberless"" I proofs of npt distinguished and most S

noble Mid humane pviociples/ Tho co-operation of such 8 man was, of course, invaluable, and to tab only tho \>m and sordid business viow of tho matter, nothing should have been spared to have kept this glorious and ' !fjftk s warrior, who is like one Awe heroes of antiquity, friendly to tbe: British interests; but wo have dono just the contrary, we have broken faith with him and his people; his splendid services have been left _ unrewarded, and ho himself has been wantonly and villianously robbed of all his possessions, and then goaded, insulted, and persecuted into open rebellion. 'Yet.whon a price was put

upon bis head some lime back by our - people, nut a traitor was found • to give him up and receive tho price of blood. One of To Kootis proud bonsts is that be never told ut He, or injured a woman or a child, How manv of our Colonial,officers

could say the same? Abundant proofs "♦exist in London for the abominable .-*ctuol way in which poor Te Kooti has been.treated, and an authentic record of his splendid past services to the Imperial Crown could be easily procured at once. We speak now with the greatest earnestness and sincerity, hoping that some of our numerous readers will examine into tbuvmatter thoroughly, while there is flpimo," ' Who Gets the Profits P

While the frozen meat market is improving, tho prices obtained am still very much below what theyshould be, atid we fear the produce will never touch its real value till some organised effort is made to supply it more directly to tho consumer, This need not necessarily involve the employment of large capital by New Zealand producers, as it shuuld bo possible to offer inducements for English capital to employ itself in the work of distribution. In this connection we look on the multipli-

cation of the freezing companies as

likely to produce good results, for lhcir consequent larger business, 'better means will ba devised ibv reaching the consumer. One has only to Bean the London prioesciment to detect the fact that 11 very large

proportion of the profits aro being Absorbed by the middlemen and the retailer. In this connection the ttblon correspondent of an Auckland JRiange, writing on January 29th says:-"Last Monday the wholesale prices of Canterbury mutton was 2s 5d to 2s 7d per 81b. Probably such large buyers did not give more than 28 6d at the outside; but let us give them the benefit of the doubt, and suppose the mutton coal them 2d a pound delivered in their retail shops, and then see what amount of gross profit they mado on a carcase of 601b costing them 20s: To begin with, tbey otter the whole carcase at BJd per lb, at which rate it comes to 27s 6d, allowing a profit of 7s 6d, Now, let us see what the

joints como to nt the prices adver tiaed: —Two lega, weighing 15lbs, at BJd, 10s 7Jd; two loins, weighing UVn, at 7d| 7s: two shoulders, weighing'l3lb, nlGJd,'7sOJd; two neoks, weighing 111b, at s{d, 5s Jdj two breasts weighing sJlb, at 4d, Is lOd j waste fat, weighing 2Jlb, at 3d, S t d j los 3in cutting, lib, total 601b, 112s 2d. The weights represent kt the averages for joints actually supplied by the firm in question during the past twelve months, oxcept that given for two neoks, and if there is any correction needed it is to make the necks a little lighter and the shoulders a few ounoes heavier, which would made my oaso blightly stronger, The gros3 profit shown here is 12a 2dj but let us give them the coppers in, and put it at 12s, or exactly 60 per cent on the outlay. The only price not their own ii 3d for waste fat; and if that be a halfpenny a pound too much, tho allowance above made will make it good, The terms are oash or weekly bills, It is only fair to state that they send round for orders if desired, aud deliver the meat to the househholders, Of course, the expenses have to ooine off the 60 per cent. The prices they quote are for the " beat Canterbury" mutton, Thoy sell Euglish mutton also, and tbey sell it, as theirs is a cash trade, at prices lower than those charged by moat other butchers. To show the difference in the rental prices of English and NZ. mutton, I «jp the quotations of this firm side <P6id9Bfißt L . English. Oant'b'ry. •Bgs.porJb Hi 8d Loins, per lb BJtl 7d houlders,perlb 8d 6|d Necks, per lb 7d 5Jd Breasts, per lb 4jd 4d Chops trimmed, lb 12d lOd Even for the bsst joints there is a difference of only ljd a pound, whereas in the wholesale meat market the difference at present botween the best New Zealand mutton and Becond quality English is 3Jd a pound for the wholo caroase. Apparently, then, the profit of the retailer, even when he sells ton mutton for what it is, as in the case referred to, is much greater on New Zealand than on English mutton."