HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 178, 23 April 1908, Page 8

HUTT AND PETONE NEWS.

LOWER HUTT COURT. A sitting of the Magistrate's Court w; held yesterday) Messrs. John Cudby and ( T. Chapman, J.P.'s, presiding. Orlando Pointon (Mr. Craeroft Wilcor pleaded not guilty to having assaulted or Sam Lee, a Chinese. Mr. R. F. Smith aj peared for complainant. Complainant state in evidence that on March 15 accused .wo sitting on his cart, and when ordered o refusod to ■ go, and struck complainant severe blow in the eyo, which necessitate medical attention. Under cross-examinatioi complainant .admitted that.ho struck tl accusod once with his whip before- he n ceived the blow in the eye. The Bench cot sidered that accused evidently went out t the cart with a full' intention of purchasin fruit. The Chinaman was not justified .i using the whip, and the case would be • dis missed, each side to pay its own costs. ' For allowing horses'tt> Wm. Stran was fined ss. and costs; Halstead Harley,-10£ and costs; Thos. Burt, 10s.■ and costs. . Jas. Robertson pleaded guilty to bavin) driven' a motor-car on the cycle track oi Main Road North. Thos. Waugh, nursery man, stated that he met the defendant !oi the Main/ North Road. Ho asked defendau if he was not- aware that ho was doing wronj in driving his car on the track. He repliei cheekily, and made a number of personal re marks, : so' he had reported the matter ti the local authorities. Tho Bench said it wai drivers like defendant who causcd drastii by-laws to bo framed in connection with th< motorists. ' Defendant would be fined £2, ii default seven days' imprisonment. . 11l the case Knott v. Hayes (Mr. Jaeksoi for defendant), a charge of assault, the Boncl considered that the evidence was conflicting and unsatisfactorS', and dismissed- tho com plaint, each side to pay its own costs. ; Patrick Hayes was-charged with using ob scene language on the night of April 9. ' Defendant pleaded not guilty. After evidcnc< had been heard at length, the Bench im posed a fine of 205., in default threo days imprisonment. In tho case Whitton v.- Zymon (Mr. R. F Smith for plaintiff), an act-ion to enforco ar agreement to paint and paper a house, plaintiff mado a statement showing that all arrangements were' completed'with tlie except tion of tho >' signature to the contract, when it was stopped by defendant refusing to gc on with the job. Defendant made a stat-e----nient - denying. tho existence - of even' a verba] agreement. The Bench was of opinion that .thero was . a verba!. agreement • between the parties, and gave judgment for £4 10s„ and costs £1 16s. 6d.Judgment was givon for plaintiff by default of defendant in tho case of E. Feist and Co. v. Arthur Dingley, a claim for £7 18s. lid ' 'with costs os. HUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL. . A special meeting of , the Lowor Hutt Borough Council was hold last night, to. consider, the''claim, of -Mr. Hubert Sladen 'for compensation, in regard 'to tho dedication of land in AVaiwetm Road. - Tho appointment of an assessor was mado in committeo.

• HUTT VALLEY CHRYSANTHEMUM . ' SHOW. ■ ' : y 7, The , chrysanthemum show . (for members only), of the Hutt Valley Horticultural Society was held in .Lower Hutt Town Hall yesterday. Tho awards were as follow:— •• Section 1, Mr. A. Seagar; Sections -2, 3, 4, and 5; N. B. Smith; iScctions 6 and 7, R. Pointon; Section 8,. A. Seagar;'Section 9, R. Stringer. Cactus Dahlias.—Exhibit • of cactus .dahlias, two dozen, Ewan and .- Sons, awarded certificate of merit. Mr: A. Seagar and Mr. R. Pointon' had somo very fine pot plants in bloom. ' The show was very successful.' EPUNI FOOTBALL CLUB! The Match 1 Committee of the Epuni Football Club met last night, and selected tho following for tho teams, for Saturday , next:— No. 1 team (Young's Ground): M'Kaiu, G. Pilcher (2), .England, M'Auley, Higginbotham,; Woods (captain), H. Winnie, Manderson, G. Dome, liilmister, T. Jones, Taylor, A. Smith, Goooh, James, and G; Dick. Fourth Class (No. 2' ground)—Epuni-: D. Peck, Woodward, Neil, I'. Winnie, Tresidder (2), J. Browii, W. Dorno, P. Burke, Gaindstrum, Chapman, and threo others. Fifth Class: Fawcott, M'lntosh, Swain, Burns, Denuchey, Pilcher, Manderson 1 , Glerinie (2), Langford, M'llvride, Smith, Stratton, ■Mills, Fitzmaurice, and : Casey. A • practice will be held ' to-night on Young's Grounds, at 8 o'clock, when all members are expected to be in attendance. A trophy, has been presented to the club by Messrs. M'Menomin Bros, for tho fifth class. A; smoke concert will be held for the presentation of medals and trophies „on Rugby Union's permission for tho same.' The Vestry of St. James's Church held a meeting last night to arrange a report for tho annual meeting of the parishioners l to' be held shortly.

A hamper of .toys for' the children's wards was received by the Hospital Trustees, and at: their meeting yesterday morning it was decided to forward a letter of thanks to the sender,.Mrs. Maddock, of Hill Street. The threat on the part of tho authorities to uoo an Act of Charles II against the Suffragettes is considered by tho latter to bo distinctly mean. Had tho Merrv Monarch had tho slightest notion .that the "Act would bo used for the discomfiture of tho fair sex ho would never have given it the royal approval.:—London "Evening Nows." A statement issued by Sir. W. 6. Armstrong,. Whitworth, and Co., Ltd., of tho Elswick Works, Nowcastle-on-Tyne,, furnishes a record of tho various classes of ships built at their Elswick and Walker shipyards on tho River Tyno from tho dato of their establishment to tho end of last yoar. During this period, commencing with the year 1852, no fewer than 800 vessels, with a gross tonnage of 1,263,069 and an aggregate 1.H.-P. of 1,294,518, have, boon completed. Woman Is a queer creature, . always a sentimentalist, most often au idealist. Anv man who woos her finds soino kind of corner in hor heart. Ho may be as ugly as a satyr, have the reputation of Mcpbistopholes and yet gain and hold the affection of the nicost woman in the world, simply bccaup> she throws over him, as it weroj the alam-ajir-of sentiment,—EWorld.''