ASHBURTON—THIS DAY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8210, 6 August 1915, Page 4

ASHBURTON—THIS DAY.

(Before Mr V. G. Day, S.M.) | Insobriety. . William Allen, charged with being drunk and with a breach of his prohibition order, was ordered to pay the costs. The easi) had been adjourned ! for three months, and tho police reported that the accused had been acting well since that time. Reginald M. Ferguson, charged with beiiui- disorderly while;drunk, was"fined 10s, in default-48 hours' imprisonment. Excessive Speedy For driving a motor car too fast over the Asj-biirt'.-Ji- 'Traffic Bridge, Alex. Mcßride was fined 40s with costs. Defence Act Cases. A charge against W. J. Lennon for 'failing to"'attend drill wa,s withdrawn. , —Sergoant-Major Thatcher, who appeared lor tho Defence Department, i stated that accused had beon wrongly fined owing to a mistako on the part of onu of the Defence oflicei-.s. A charge against T. W. Smith, who also had "been previously fined, was withdrawn, owing to his liaving a medical certificate. T. Fitzgerald was fined £5 for 1 failing to attend drill, and for a similar offence J H. Stevens was fin«d 40s with costs.

Civil Cases. Joseph Thompson (Mr H C. Orbell) proceeded against William Gallagher (Mr G H. Buchanan) for the sum of £8 10s lOd, said to ; be wages owing to plaintiff for work done in defendant's employ—After sonic evidence had been ta-kenj the case was adjourned for three weeks. George McLean (Mr G H. Buchanan) proceeded against Arthur Lister (Mr R. Kennedy) for the sum of £U 0s od, a claim for wages. Defendant counterclaimed for the sum of £2 11s 10d.— ■Judgment was for-plaintiff for the full ..'amount (£l4 Os sd), loss the amount of the counter-claim. John Cochrane ■ .(Mr H D. Ac-land)' claimed from James Stewart (Mr G. H. Buchanan) tho sum of £10. as the result of a dispute between the two parties over the price of some wheat sold by plaintiff to defendant—.John Cochrane stated that the contract he had mado with the defendant was that defendant should pay the same price that 'plaintiff sold the last lot of. wheat on his hands at the end of the season.- He j sold the wheat to defendant at the! same price that he sold at privately to j other farmers. —Evidence was given by other witnesses that the contract gen-j erally entered into by farmers with Cochrane was that they paid the price that he got for the balance, of his wheat j at the end of the season, without re^ gard to the ruling price at the time the contract was made.—James-Stew-, art:.said that his contract with Cochrane was that plaintiff should charge him the same price that, ho obtained 5 when lir next sold, not the price ho ob--1 tamed for the balance of his. wheat at.] ?tho pndof the season.—C. H.-. Amo/5, | Knim-bnyor fer-H: 'A.. Lloyd,:deposed,} +hat his fi'-m had paid 4s 3d to, Mr Cochmna fen. line of wheat, sold, to jit by him—Mr-'Buchanan asked-for an "adjournment i?> allow him to prepare-, legal argument; but the Magistrate ■.gave ■ judgment for the amount claimed with costs. : Judgment for plaintiff, by default, was given in the case of Anrnes Ghesr ters v. A. N. Cooke. for the. sum of £2 13s 9d, with costs (10s). j