VIALOU V. GEORGE JONES, JUNR.

Waikato Times, Volume VIII, Issue 481, 19 June 1875, Page 3

VIALOU Y. GEORGE JONES, JUNR.

To the Editor of the WaikAto Times. Sir,— l regret in the Auckland "Echo" in noticing the above case, should resort to some misrepresentation of the fkcts disclosed in the evidence adduced at the It. M. Court. The mistake in the acconnt >*as not made by Mr Vialou as the " Echo" alleges, but by a workman, who entered the item of £2 2s against Mr Jones by mistake, and Mr Whitaker abandoned that portion of the claim at the opening of the case. With regard to the " Echo's " com* njpnts on the charges, the evidence . of Mr Vialou showed that only inferior timber could be obtained for 24s per 100 ft. The cbargfiurf 12s a day was not for a <• bush carperrt^"Xit\br a (drilled, workman, and a turner whosV wpfo. WaV §Jua^©. Mr Jones wanted the work donl? K^mS^Sri^it was carried out at considerable inconvenience to" Mr Vialou. One of the witnesses, who gave evidence adverse to Mr Vialou, had refused to contract under him, and is known to entertain professional jealousy towards him.... He lumped the charges together; and make no distinction between material ancn labor, and no allowance for the circumstances. Had the work been executed at a less price than that charged by Mr Vialou, it must have been inferior in character. As for the " Echo's" sneers about the books of Waikato tradesmen, the less Mr Jones says on that subject the better, for his own sake. I am, etc., Workman. fWe regret that our Auckland contemporary, in the article referred to, should, have covertly attacked our worthy Resident Magistrate, Mr Searancke. The insinuations ab§tti^*ftsticks ju3buse**are singularly misplaced, seeinVlH^f^Tr^arancke is a stipendary magistrate ojK s manjt^y^a\ stTancung, the fairness of whose decisions, so far as we are aware, has never been impugned. — Ed.-" W. T."]