SOUTHERN NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 35, 9 February 1906, Page 3

SOUTHERN NEWS.

CBy Telegraph.—Press Assoetattaa.) A LEGAL QUESTION. NELSON, this day. At, the January meeting of the Hospital Board on the presentation of &n ordinary printing and advertising account by Messrs Bond, Finney and Co., the point was raised wbpt.her~t.bp Board could pay the amount while Mr W. T. Bond, a member of the firm, was a.lso a member of the Board. .Mr Bond thereupon sent in his resignation, pointing oat, however, that ttw>. law of exclusion referred to rontra.o.t-s alone. not to ordinary sales and small casual amounts. Yesterday the Board asked Mr Bond to withhold his resignation till ' legal advice had been obtained on the point, which affects all business men on local bodies. Mr Bond will take no further part in the proceedings tiU legal opinion arrives. ALLEGED BREACH OF AGREEMENT. WELLINGTON, Thursday. An order for a special jury to try the case of S. J. Jenkinson v. the New Zealand "'Times" Company was granted by Kis Honour the Chief Justice today. In giving judgment His Honour said that the case was on the border line, and his first impression was that it had not been crossed by the plaintiff, but he now thought that as the difficulty of finding employment and the position of journalists generally in obtaining employment must be raised in assessing damages, and witnesses called to speak to these matters, the evidence must be expert evidence. The Legislature had assumed that if expert knowledge was required a special jury was more likely to have or to gain euda knowledge than, a common jniy. The case arises out of an alleged breach of agreement*