DISTRICT COURT.

Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4206, 21 January 1879, Page 3

DISTRICT COURT.

MOKDAT, JAKPASr 20. ; [Before Hi* Honor Jndge Word.] In thia case Mr Slater applied for an adjournment. Aβ Dr. Foster, who appeared for the de fend&nfc, was not present, the case was ordered to stand at the bottom of i*e list.

■■■>■' - jptlOT T GBABAS. ... ; ! , ■ Mr . Izard,on behalf of the defendant, applied for an adjournment.

Mr Joynt, on the other side, said he bad received no notice of such an application. The Court wished to know the grounds of the adjournment. Mr Izard said he had not been sufficiently instructed. After some further observations the caae was adjourned until the next Court day, the defendant to pay the expenses. CBKDITOB3 ESTATE OP JOUN HOFMBISTKB V H. MABEB. Mr Slater applied for an adjournment on behalf of Mr Harper, who wag engaged at the Supreme Court. Mr Joynt, on the other side, consented, and the case was adjourned until the 20th February. : vTHCBNT TODHT7NTBB V BUSA2T DS COSTA. TVfr Izard asked for aa adjournment in this case, as he understood from the other side that morning that it would be settled. After some discussion the adjournment was granted. BTAMP DTTTIBS ACT, 1866, AITD BB THB PBTITIOH OF SIABIA BENJAMIN. Mr Slater said he must also apply for an adjournment in this case, in consequence of Mr Harper being engaged at the Supreme Court. Mr Joynt, on the other side, offered no objection, and the case was adjourned accordingly. BEAT V HTTTCHINSOK. This case was again brought up, Dr. Foster ncnr being present. The application for the adjournment was granted. COMPIIHKWTABY. Dr. Foster, addressing the Judge, said, before the Court adjourned he had been requested on behalf of his colleagues to express the satisfaction which . they felt at seeing , his Honor upon the Bench. He was so well known that they had no hesitation in testifying their satisfaction at seeing him in his present position,, and they trusted that his occupying that seat would be as agreeable to himself as it would be useful to the public. In replying, his Honor said the expectation of their having a District Court at Christchurch had at length been realised after considerable delay. He trusted they would not' in any way attribute that delay to him. In one way he might say that the Court was a most exceptional one, for it was the handsomest in New Zealand. It was true that in consequence of ; the stained glass of the windows it lent a dim religious light that crept in, which gave promise in the early winter evenings of an expenditure of gas that might not always be agreeable to the state of their finances. He had always found that patience from the Bench had been met with loyal ! support from the bar. He could promise the first on his part, and he hoped he would meet with the second on theirs. The Court then adjourned until the 20th of February. .. . ;