R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3378, 5 December 1889, Page 2

R.M. COURT.

MABTEBTON.-THUKSDAY. (Before Coloiiol Eoberta, R,M.) Q- - CIVIL CASES.'. I'. Parsons v H. G, Tancred. Claim Ll 10s, goods supplied.' Mr Beard for plaintiff. No appearance of defendant, Judgment for plaintiff with ■. costs 6s, ' ' '■' D. B..TooLill v Walter, Trick w. Claim. £5 fur threedishonoredcheques. ■ MrPowuall for plaiutiff. No appear-, ance of defendant. Judgment fork, plaintiff with costs Gs. JUDUMKNI SUMMONS, J. Montgomery vD.McGill, balance £7l4a 3d, Mr Bunny (perjMr G.H. Smith), for judgment creditor, Order ■ made for payment by 19th inst, in default ten days imprisonment. Petersen & Smith v B. Budden. Labor, cutting grass seed £l6, Mr Powmtll for judgiuont creditors, Mr Beard for debtor, Judgment debtor was oxamined by Mr I'ownall. Judgment was recovered by plaintiffs on 9th May last, Had received no monies on his own account since that dale. The claim was for cutting grass seed. .Had sold some of the. grass seed,; but could not say whether belore ar after the judgment. It amounted to about £li or £ls. Had paid Mr Petersen £G before the judgment, ~£7 was paid to the bailiff, and a further sum of £1 was paid. Had sold tho grass seed to three parlies. One paid £lO and another M, the rest was still owinfj, Hud received the bulk of tho money before the judgment. Did not say on the hearing of the case that he had uot been paid for any of the grass seed. The grass seed was not his and he had to account for the grass seed as it came in. The contractors ■ both knew that the land did not belong to witness. It would have been paid for if tho work had been properly done, Had the money in his possession on the day of hearing to pay tho bulk of the claim, but not to pay costs, That was the £ls he had previously referred to, Was not an able-bodied man, Would havo paid for. the cutting out of tho proceeds of the sale of tho grass seed. The plaintiffs were offered grass seed in payment. If Hie seed hud been sold they would have been paid. It was not a good sample. By Mr Beard: Have a wife and four children. Was suffering from the effects ot a strained back. Smith, onp of the judgment creditors, was quite aware of his standing in relation to the property. Witness explained how the property came into the possession of his wife, Was acting as tho agent of Mrs Budden when treating with the grass-cutters, The money received for the grass seed was paid by Mrs Budden on her orders foi cutting. Jt camo out in evidence on the original hearing of the summons that the grass seed did not belong to witness. The Court refused to make an order. ■ Yib and wife v. T, F. Brcnchly: Claim for milk supplied, £2 17s. Mr Beard for plaintiff, and Mr Powuall for defendant. (Left sitting.) Opening of the Parkville Bridge. Yesterday afternoon the EkotahtinaParkville bridge was opened, and this is hoff it was dono, Somebody who had tho management of things, or who originated the idea, or somehow had something to do with it, invited tho public geuerally,and certain gentlemen especially, to attend the'ceremony. The school children received a half holiday and a promise of buns and lollypops, conditionally that they appeared on tho'bridge at a given time. A photographer wav engaged to secure an evcrlastiug picture of the festive scene, and iu duo course ho arrived by the midday train. But to his chagrin, he found no one there, no general public, no especial gentlemen, no promoters, Only tliechildren and despite the gloomy weather tho thought of bans had brought them out in goodly numbers, Now, the photographer being a thoroughly practical mnu, determined te seize time by the forelock, so hastily grouping the youngsters, ho worked tho instantun eons process off on them, and before they knew it he hid gone, and left thera waiting-waiting for the buns! When we think of those little inno. cent lambs standing on that bridge two hours and (en minutes, (moro or less) waiting for tlfo fulGlraont of tho promise by. which they had been deluded, wo may say, entrapped, our heart burns to think of the perlidity of some people, and tears roH down our cheeks, Tkcro is a limit to all things, and even the confidence of children does not last for ever, and so it was, doubts wero brought forward about those buns, and at laßt it was i agreed to give it up. Then they proceeded in a body up the town, aud a bait was called outside Mr Jones' storo. Hera the matter was freely aired, and the good lady of the house (probably thinking. . of how the strikers lately acted in London) gave them a tin of lollies, and requested them to leave, They did, and the lollies being disposed of,, paid a visit to their schoolmaster, who likewise made a little offering and eave them a biscuit each all round.' This pacified their just wrath, and consoling themselves with tho thought that there is not such a lot of difl'erancc between biscuits and buns, they departed to their respective homes.