RESIDENT MAGISTRATE COURT.

Westport Times, Volume VII, Issue 1064, 18 April 1873, Page 2

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE COURT.

Tuesday, Aphil 15. (Before Joseph Giles. Esq., R.M.) CIVIL CASES. Corr v. Mullin.—Plaintiff did not appear, and defendant claimed traveling expenses from Greymouth. Nonsuit recorded. Defendant allowed costs £6. Peter J. M'Kenna v. Thomas Nasmyth.— Claim for £9, goods sold and delivered. Defendant did not appear, but notice had been received that the amount of claim had been paid into Court at Reefton. Judgment recorded, with costs £2 2s.

F. M'FarJane v. James Olive.— Claim for £'22 10s. Judgment con* fussed. Costs, 3Ss. H T. Towndrow v. Peter Williams.— Claim for £8 lls6d. No appearance of defendant - Judgment for full amount claimed, and costs 13s.

WESTPORT WARDEN'S COURT.

Tuesday, Apbil 15. (Before J, Giles, Esq., Warden,) APPLICATIONS. Frederick M'Fa rlane—Postponed application for agricultural lease, sec* tions 72 to 76, eighty-five acres between Christy's section and Snag Falls* Re* commended. Ferdinand Aptiz and seven others— Double area on ground previously worked, Waite's Pahikis. Granted. Same—Dam, junction of Caroline and Waimea Creeks, half a mile below Meredith and party's claim. Area of dam, 600 yds x 200 yds; wall, 25 feet, Granted. Same; —Head water race, junction of Caroline and Waimea Creeks, 3 miles j to carry five sluice heads. Granted. Niel Heinick—Re-registration of dam, 60 feet by 50 feet, on Middle Terrace, Caledonian Terrace. Granted. Cord Brown and Wm. Bettzman— Head water race in natural bed of Blind Gully, north end of German Terrace. Length, half a mile. Granted.

The applications of George Perotti, Wm. M'Meiekle, and others, for head water race and dam at Mohikinui was postponed uutil decision given on application for gold mining lease.