THE COURTS.

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THE COURTS.

> SUPREME COURT. (Before his Honour Mr Jurice Herdman.'l REDUCTION' OF HOTEL. HEXTA!,. Legal argument was heard in the action in wiiioh the plaintiffs were V.". 11. G. Norton, James l'a:njfr. anrl C. G. McKellai, for •■''! om Mr M. J. <iresso.ii appeared, and the defendants wero yui!l, Morris and Co.. for whom Mr W. J. .Sim ap;i;a.'.<vj. The point raised was leaarjingr the interpretation rf a vjridtion of 'he rri?in?l '-ase. nf the Shades Hotel, reducinj; lii- rental by £825 per anmim, tlie agreement containing the words: "This reduction is made under the tale of Liquor Efostviction Art, .1917, and is to last durintr the t: nil of the present lease- of the .Shades Hotel (jr durintr lilt* continuance of ih-. present Tar f.i-'l for fix month.- afterwards, whichever p nod is the shorter." The ieafe vas for a i?'iiu of j-even yca'.s fr'.'in February 10;b. IKS. and the year';.- i"i;'.il vas i'litrjO: I he agreement fur the reduction of ihe lental was entered. into on F?"oruaiy 25th. !91S. ' The plaintiff* had demanded fio-.n t!-,3 defendants as from July 10th, 102fi. the rental' ns ?»i•-■«.•.! upon :>••• the orijina! nirmorandum of ba:-.-?: hut the defendants declined to pay anl claimed that they were still entitled to the benefit <-i. ihe award rbtintr the. reduced rental. The Court was ,-.;■!< d to Uecid* whftlier the award was still in force. , His Honour with ilr Sim's submisfic.n that, til? lelu.tion in itnt was grunted or, account of (he reduction in hours Mr dcs-ion .■iuhmilied that <inco tl>. end of the wa,r- there had besn such an increase in drinking lhat profits had apain reached riornv.il, aswas shown by the. amounts being psid for iirit.-I'.viih. His Honour reserved his decision.MAGISTERIAL'. F-RItXW. (Before Mr V. G. Day, S.M.) ' DIiUXKF.N"X.E-Sd. Thomas Johnstone, alias William Johnstone was remanded till .Monday on a elnuffe of Ur«n^nn.. sS . Fvclvn K-n-r pleaded euiity to having, on J'iruaiv 12th at- Fenda-lton, stolen an alarm clock' and a 'bay cloth, valued at Jll, the pioperty of Maud Amy Johnston. ■ -Sha 'was convicted 'and o-rdored o to crime ii"' for sentence- when called upon. *So ord-r 'was made in tthe case John A\il- «••!' (Mr T. AY. Oec), -who pp-.eecded onanist C.'or-e dil"' (Mr 1!. A. Cuthbert), makinsr a-.nlic'/iion lhat the, latter should be bound oWr in M',rctk>s to keep the r-ace. COMMITTED l'O'lt- SEXTEXCE. James O'Connell, diaa Adams, and Mary Kitchie, alias "Tlw Dipper," alias A\ atson. f,-,r whom Mr L. <AV. -Gee- appeared, were <-|i-i-"-d with having, on lebruary I s ' l . stolen fV'fiom -\ndrew B. Andereon,. O'Council was further chared with having received, the sum

of £2 from Putc-liic, knowing it to have been [ di.shoneslly obtained. After cviUsneo had been heard, both accused pleaded guilty (o the joint charge.and were committed to .tho Supreme' Court for fctutenc-e. Tito second chargi against O'OonneJl was withdrawn. Bail was refused. BY-LAW CASK*-. Tlie following- fines were inflicted for c-c-Hiijr on the footpath:—Claude. Beaumont Mavid, ss; Thomas S,mitli, ss; and. Jack Scott, os, all with costs. Arthur George Hclem was fined. 10s and ior pilHon riding. Hugh Dira.ifo, George Edward Watts, and YY'illiaru V. Saunders were, each fined 40s and costs ior driving motor-cars without lights. i"or leaving a, motor-car' unlijrkted James Taylor Dickie- was ordered lo pay 40s and costs. • , , ~ - A charge against James Taylor Dickie tot leaving a. motor-car unattended was dismissed. „ ' _. . For' leaving ft car unailtimded Douglas Matthew Stilt wis fined 5s and costs. For leaving a, cycle without lights John Alexander itamsav was fined 10s and coats. Kobert Henry'Le Comte was charged with nsiii"- a cycle without a number. He was fined o 'loa and costs. "William Forrester was fined Ifls and costs fo.- his failure to notify the change of ownership of a car. The following motorists wore fined for cxcocvling the speed Unlit:—Arthur Hose. 40s who was also fined 10s for iifing an unregistcied motor; ■ Forbes A. Blackmore'. 40s; Oliver Craddock, '2os: Hamilton Gou'ld, 40s: . Sydney Xeat, 4ns; George Scott, 40s; Harold !!oy Paynte'r, 20s; Percy Haseldine, 40a, all with casta. . , , ...,•" ■ The charges against fi« . taxi-drivers, Charles AY'. Boakes, Ernest "\Y r m. Clarksou, Ho,rv Oiimmings, Harry Hanley, and _\Vni. Blanche, of not being in constant attendance--nf their'cars, werfe ■Jismissol as cvidoufle was ■obtained of a man-being 1 in charge'of the cars.