R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3222, 5 June 1889, Page 2

R.M. COURT.

CARTERTON-TUEbDAY.

(Before Colonel Roberts KX) -1 W. Booth and. Co. v. Jos. Wilson, —Claim £1 2s, No appearand of defendant, Judgment for' amount olaimed, with boats 65., .'■" ; A. Mercer v W, Miekleson.-Claim ■ |£l lis 4d,. No appearance of defend' ant. Judgment for amount olaimed, ' with costs 4s, ::,;.:'■:•: -■•,• Several cases were' settled out of Court. .■•■'';'

There is is a Band of Hope on board he Aruthusa training-ship, Of the 161 inyson board, all but twenty-one ore iledyed abstainers, '

Experiments have boeu quietly golnp> ; on hi some French fortresses to ascertain how long artillery horses could hold out when deprived of solid and liquid food, ■'•"■ and of these two'lifo sustaining necessaries whioh was tho"more It has been found that a horse can suiJp " • tain life five timoa longer when no?s deprived of water than if deprived of all solid rations.'A horse will not exist \ longer than flvo dayipif ,kept without • wator, though it may be abundantly v - supplied with solid food. .Nor will;a V . horse hold out If insufficiently furnished with.water.-It perishes; because the.''. ; ataach has been exnaustcd^^ln Al- ■.: >••., '■■ ■. where I cavalry ./horsesv'bave'to : ■' ; ;': remain two:and 'threV.rdays during • comp_aigii;without on •. : ariivingattliowells; drink'eightyquarts: £'■;•:■ inithree JminutesiAHohceftheligreat ■ ■ impfatancevokke^^