DISTRICT COURT, HAMILTON. Monday.- (Before His Honour Judge Smith )

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1852, 20 May 1884, Page 2

DISTRICT COURT, HAMILTON. Monday.- (Before His Honour Judge Smith )

[\ IUMCIU L'lC* . lii ie William Camming. Mr O'Neill applied tor an oidcr ot dtecluugo. Mr H.-iy appealed to oppos-e. His Honour defeueu his decision in this case. Inir Fetei Hem/nnd William Allen. The banUiupls appeared and weie examined bj 7 tlip deimty a.'-signep'ssolicitoi, Mr Hay. Mr O'Neill appealed for the deb to is Mr O'Neill announced that he would make an application for an oider of diV chaiLie on next coutt da_y. (ii oiguMudeeway, thiough his counsel, Mi Hay, applied to be adjudicated a bankiupt. — Gianted.

CIML CVSi S .T. S. Bnckl.uul v. 0. (Jiiffiths. cl.vii) ,C9l 3s 7'l, amount of di^honouied J?iomissoiy Note for ■£'(}.'s ."is and tJif 1 "--aliie of ,i colt sold and doliveied Mr J. P Campbell tor the plaintiff. Judgment went by def udt for the amount claimed, le-s inteicst on the cost of the colt, with COvSt-3. Coulthaid v. ]<]. Had field, claim £(52 los. Judgment toi plaintiff with costs. Oilmour Bios, v. M. Haisant, claim C&i J) a . Mi O'Neill foi the plaintiffs.. Judgment for amount and costs. Bank, of New Zealand \\ James C'oombes -— Claim, £">!) 7 s 7d, balance of amount diu> on a dishonored bill ot e\ehauge. Mr Hay tor plaintiff and Mi O'Neill for defendant. Mr O'Neill having pleaded an objection to the juiisdiution of the eouib, laired the objection at once that the cicdit given in the particular of the demand was in the natuie of a set-off. and cited Stepbuin v. Fibhei, 1 Macassey, (iu'7, and soveial Englis'i cises taken iioin Bat ton's Digest. Mr Hay aigucd that he agreed with the counsel for the defendant as to the law he had quoted, but it would not apply to the facts in the piesentoase. The objection should not lia\e been laised until the case had been fuitber proceeded with. His contention was that the teun quoted did not apply, and he produced the tepoitsof some of the authoiitiey quoted by Mr O'Neill to show that the piesent case entirely outside the authorities quoted. He .saul that the question was this, What is the contiact ot the endoifec! ? Is it to pay the whole amount of the bill, w hether the pai tv piimanly liable paid some or not ? or is it that the endoisei should be liable only foi the balance un paid by the pai ty piimanly liable.' Tt would be also a sufficient defence that Mr IVeoe paid the amount as agent for Coombes, or that Coombes had ,ibS>eited to the plaintiff's getting as mach out of Pa&coe as they could, both ot which could be proved Thcic was no decision lie could find applicable to the cast. — The Judge &aid that the case was a veiy impoitant one, and the point raised by Mr Hay as to the contract was one on which lie could not at once give a decision. Tn fact, the question was — Was tlie cause of action the whole bill or the balance left unpaid by the drawer ? The counsel agreed to take the judge's decision on the point lai&cd without going into the ments of the cose, the decision to be given in time, to ti y the ease at the next sitting of the couit, the co«ts to abide the event.

Lir.KT Colon ni* I'i-avkmu, who has hpcn Imsy wuting a hi&toiy of Kngli&li ii j l.itions with Algieis, has discovcied in the State faper Olfice iveords of 11 11 the Buttsh captives ot tin 1 coisairs tor nioie than two hundred yeais, and many other details as to the relations betw een England ami the Deys,

A Or.iiM vn paper says that a roof can he mado fire-proof by covering it with amixtuieof lure, silt and wood as lies, adding a little lamp-black to give a daik colour. This not only prevents fire, but it is claimed, also in a measure prevents decay.

Surface manuring, says Col man, is especially effective on sandy soils, and a light dressing yeailv is tar more beneficial than heavy coatings once in three or four years, lint the best results on sandy soils is -when they are diessed w ith a compost of manure and clayey muck.

Dry sand is recommended for keeping apples and potatoes in sound condition. Into a ban el filled with them sand is ponred until all the inteibtices are filled with it. Parties who have tiied this method 3ay the contents of the ban els are preserved until spring in a better oondition than by any other means they had tried.

Royal Gift to a Centenarian. — We London Times understand that the Queen has been pleased to present a very fine engraving by Mr Frank Holl of a picture of lierselt by Augeli to a centenarian named Hhoda Buun, now residing at Hunstanton. The recipient was born at Beeston, in Norfolk, on February 23rd, 1781, and is, therefore, 103 years of age. She is now in perfect health, and boa&ts of never having ache or pain or of taking any medicine. She is also able to wait on herself, and her intellect is perfectly clear. Her father held a farm on the Sandringham estate for many ,years, and she hjji'l a sister who died atthe advanped age of 98. It is needless to state thai $be Eoyal preseut has giveii\ her un-' bounded delight. jEFpr case "Vag made known tottie Queen^bytJie^Rey. Aj' Waller, Visty of i&ia«ttat<fa " " t