R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3234, 19 June 1889, Page 2

R.M. COURT.

CARTEBTON-TUESDAY, ' (Before Colonel Roberts, R.M.) DEDT'OASES, ' A. A. Mercer'v.; Geo. Harrison. Mr Middleton for. plaintiff, rio appearance of defendant,- claim L 8 Is 8d; judgment by default with Court costs, 15s; solicitor's fee, 21s. Same v. Geo.'Estall,. Mi-Middle-ton for plainitff, no appearance of defendant, olaim LI 2s Bd. Judgment by default with costs 6s, Same. -v. S., Buckeridge, Mr Middleton for plaintiff, Judgment for amount claimed, LB'l'4s; Court cost,.6s; solicitor's fee, 10s. J. Buckeridge v. J. Burrow. Mr •Middleton for plaintiff, Mr Beard, for defendant, claim L 5 6s for service of entire- horse.. Fitzi Hercules, in January 1887.', Defendant admitted that a mare belonging to his children was served by 'the horse KtzHer-' cules, but she had no foal, and the service of the horse was given for the accommodation, which the plaintiff had received (for the ' horse and groom while travelling) ; at the homestead of the defendant. ' Isaac Pike being. sworn corroborated J the evidence' of the 'defendant, the plaintiff was nonsuited with Court costs,3s;' witnesses;expenses,2ls.; j solicitors' fee, 21s. :,;.■■■ ; v paradise.-..■■,;_. ( The Masterton. Drill Hall last ' nighj contmned/i:- audience/liimnberin,g about three,-hundred : and fifty assembled. to - hear/Mr John Fawcett'soratorio "Paradise,"-.There was sprae;delay'in theXryivalof the ODmpauy of performeii.who came frbrj); iGreytQwn.ln conveyances. Tlie.i'audiencb.,-however,-were- very ■ patient under ; the circumstftnee^iiot.' : iftstanding; 'to ;;jyitit : ,<uilte halfan : .;hbvir.s- T&'':Company' numbered.:6ver i ■Dollowpresided at.-tlie' pa'nb^Miss:

- 1 =s? Oballis at the Mr Varnbam load theslringtislidifs Mr B Y. Bbeaier, leader of tho i3reytownJ;y ohoir, conducted, and the' way s in whioh. the piece wfls.-'carMvibwughs&u' gave ample ploof of the time and /' pains he must ha\e devoted to the undertaking to bring the compfth jfc such a Btate of perfections flfi } entire work is compnsed in two ipaits The first opens r with a brief recital of the happy, condition of m paradise,- his temptation j fa]l,v and * expulsion,. tliua prepanngs-theway-. v for the regular, action of the?ppeiii v which liommences with the line-:- " Cease your lamentations loud.' 1 " The ofsr,: the Gieat Deliverer, whose special work is to restore man to a moral < paradise; and the this/, part is occupied with a series of visions and predictions relating to the Messiah and his advent as a; Deliverer. The first part being thus!!ocoupied with predictions;'the secondc part of the Oratorio -- is" devoted to a::; : reoital and' representation-; of; their fulfilment, commencing, with - then Adoration of the Wise Men and j Shepherds, : m . conjunction." wth; . ■ the Angelic 'Host. - Miss- .. Gil--• banks and Mrs O; D. MoTntosh, who sustained thei soprano and alto pal-ts, are Wellington ladies; -■ of .considerable musical culture, aid : - took the same parts some little® ago, when Paradise .was rendered in the Empire City, with maiked success. Mr S. EWickerson.as. tenor, was m good voice,■ and-together with Mr Blaok, bass, and Mr Dellow, baritone, richly deserved the frequent : tappl an bb they received: • The encores--i , wore frequent, but the conductor in his wisdom deohned to accede to the demonstrations; of the ' audience. -- When, however*. Miss • OiUbanks s iir.-' the second part sang, "My BOul doth - magnify tho Lord," the ; demand. - for a repetition was so vociferous that ■: it had to be complied with. Before- . the .final chorus was rendered - the ! Rev. Mr Dellow took the opportunity > to thank the friends for their atten- ■ 1 dance and to apologise for tho delayj ' 1 in starting, whioh was not the fault ' of the company but the bad state off 'o - the roads over' which■ they h'adi»j| J long journey to make. HT i High Kicking. . 1 A very curious • theatrical "mse 3 occupied Mr Justice Field imm : ( special jury. The plaintiffwaCTr ' Barnes, the head, of a quartet of' " eccentric dancers," who are much in request at musio halls and similar resorts, and whose i performance in I many of its leading features resembles f the notorious " can-din." - The de> • B fendant was Mr Ledger; thepioprietor j of the . '.Era' newspaper,- and the j offence for which heavy damages ■ - 8 were claimed was a slanderous state- • i menttothe effect that the plaintiffs I successful ballet—' Le Follet'—was a" "disgusting' exhibition, and .a * I brazen infraction of the rules of decency." Mr Ledger alleged that this statement was in faot true, and - did not therefore exceed the liniita of fair and honest criticism. Mr Barnes, on the other hand, vowed that,.-. ,r personal malice was at the bottom of d the notice, he having (so he said), e offended Mr Ledger by refusing toad- - d mithimbchiudthe scenes at Brighton. Much evidence was given on both sides and very amusing-some of it d Bavneß' witnesses iould, ofcourXM d nothing but ' what was. admirable i™ l- the performance of 'Le Follet." it Resembled the can-can? Not a bit •o of it, True, tho same madly exciting ■ d music was used as in the can-can, i 6 and there was only four dancers as ig in the caii-can, and they threw their legs about as in . the can-can., Nevertheless, it wasn't hi the smallest degree like that naughty dance. . There is (Juliet notwithstanding) a great deal in the name, and the real 3 i issue which Mr Justico Field and the to special jury had to try was whether > e Barne's troupe did or did not perfohn a a 'can-oan,' .The Judge himself . l 'd was, 'gfoat on 'the subject. For the . )S benefit of the Court he vivaciously recalled the saltatory and ohore--10 grapbio performances he had ® witnessed in Paris and elsewhere, and dißoussed their varying degrees of propriety,". Under, somo ciroum--16 stances trying to throw. one's leg 16 over a fellow-creature might be l ' o mdoceut and disgusting; under !U others-witness the agile perfor- - 1! mances of Fred Vokes—it became a 1 i clever and meritorious act. rfttfao jury, after hearing ' Le t F™' 11 discussed from every poiut''6f view, !S came to the • conclusion that Mr , Ledger's criticism was malevolent, " and awarded the iiljured Barnes' J - LBoo.—Dunediu' Star's' '• correspondent. is _ ut . GAMBLING. r A story" comes to hand t illustrative of tlie gambling spirit of s the ago. -An officer on one of the. - many ocean liners not long ago re- . ceived a letter from a friend asking him to look after two young unmarried ladies who were about to voyage to and from England for the ' benefit of their health. Naturally the charge was willingly accepted and dutifully oarried out. Soon after his return to London the officer received ■ a note asking him to call upon the ' a fair travellers, Of course he obeyed 3 the aummoua, and was somewhat [j surprised to find them without , mother, Diint, or ohaperone. During I the course of tea and talk the conversation turned upon Monte Carlo and its attractions.; "Oh I. we vjfo 1 Monte Carlo at homo," r of the hostesses, and, throwing ipen j a door, she "disclosed, a perfectly . t appointed roulettte-table pair it impair, -green cloth, and all : accesr sories complete. A game for 'counters' j, was proposed by the sisters, and tho f mariner could not: say them nay." j But after the innocent ivory there* j followed the alluring gold piece, andf j finally, when that man of theiea ■; departed late at night, he had been , relieved not only of all his ready j money, but had also mortgaged his j prospeclivo income ; to a .considerable j extent. It is as easy to point a : moral v Is a pencil. But atoy amount of \ ' examples will never prevent; either j the codo or the blacklead from being broken. .