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Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 36, 11 August 1887, Page 2

Our mornmgr contemporary wu very hwd on the Fire Insurance Companies thiß morning, in reference to their attempts to resist payment. It spoke of the " frequency" of cases of this kind in the Snpreme Court. We should _like < our contemporary to quote a few specific instances. Considering the enormous number of fires in this colony, many of them of a most sußpicious character, the wonder rather is that more insurance cases do not come into court. The list of contested claims is a very short one. In Chambers this morning the Chief Justice intimated with regard to the case of Mackay Bros. v. the Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company, a claim for the value of a bullock killed by a locomotive, that if it could be proved that defendants had failed to fence the line so lhat animals conld not stray upon it, he would allow the appeal made by the plaintiffs against' the judgment of Mr. ■Wardell, R.M. The case is to be mentioned again at the next sitting in Chambers. A petition is in circulation in Petone in favonr of closing the Working Men's Club in that place. The number of electors on the new electoral roll for Masterton is 2043. The returns for the other Wairarapa electorates are not yet in. The following is a list of the cases which have up to the present been set down for hoaring at the civil sittings of the Supreme Court next week : — Seagar v. Wellington City Council, claim £500 (Mr. Travers for the plaintiff and Mr. Martin for defendant) ; Woodger v. Dugdale, claim £300 (Mr. Skerrett for plaintiff and Mr. Travers for defendant); Hodgins v. City Advance and Deposit Company, claim £200 (Mr. FitzGerald for plaintiff and Mr. Edwards for defendant) ; Barnes v. Crespin, claim £100 (Mr. Skerrett for plaintiff and Mr. FitzGerald for defendant) ; Lahman v. Phoenix Assurance Company, claim .£lOO (Mr. Skerretfc for plaintiff and Mr. Sinolair for defendant) ; Yarrow v, Wellington Meat Preserving Company, ' olaim .£2OO (Mr. Skerrett for plaintiff) ; Sherwood v. Qentles and others, claim .£9OO (Mr. Howarth for plaintiff and Mr. Travers for the defendants) ; Wills v. Thaoker, claim, mesne profits (Mr. Gray for plaintiff) ; Houguez v. Houghton, olaim .£1059 19s (Mr. Gully for plaintiff and Mr. Edwards for defondant) ; National Fire and Marine Insurance Company v. Australian Mercantile Union Insurance Company, olaim £600 (Mr. Izard for plaintiff) ; Gilmer v. Joseph, olaim £450 (Mr. Izard for plaintiff) j Gills v. Beck, olaim £200 (Mr Izard for plaintiff); City Advance and Deposit Company v. Smith (Mr. Edward* for plaintiff) ; Kimbell v. Mitchell, action to render accounts (Mr. Edwards for plaintiff) : Attor-ney-General v. Tipae (Mr. Barnicoat for plaintiff and Mr. Fitzherbert for defendant). The cases of Woodger v. Dugdale, Barnes v. Crespin, Lahraan v. Phoanix Assurance Company, Yarrow v. Wellington Meat Preserving Company, and City Advance Company v. Smith, are to be heard before juries. A private telegram was received at the office of Messrs. Joseph Nathan & Co. this morning convoying the news of Mr. Nathan's safe arrival in London, on Tuesday, in good health. It will be remembered that Mr. Nathan went Homo in the Rimutaka. The vomit of the girl Margaret Martin, who attempted to commit suicide on Tuesday evening, has been forwarded by the police authorities to llr. Skey, Government Analyst, to ascertain defintely the nature of the poison swallowed. Two drunkards, first offenders, were the only persons punished at the criminal sitting of the Magistrate's Court to-day. These were dealt with in the usual manner. Mr. Wardell, R.M., presided. Mr. Wardell gave judgment m the Magistrate's Court to-day in a case in whioh Van Dora claimed £7 from the master and owners of the s.s. Kennody at wages for a period during which he was ashore suffering from injuries received on board. His Worship said he was satisfied that the plaintiff continued in the service of the vessel during the period in whioh he was invalided. Judgment was therefore given for tho plaintiff for £7, with £1 11s costs, and £2 was awarded to the defendant as the costs of an adjournment. Mr. Skerrett appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Gully for the defendant. The question at issue will be carried into the Supreme Court by appeal. At the last meeting of the Board of College Governors it was decided to obtain tho opinion of tho Crown law officers as to whether tho members of the several electorates in the city were entitled to sit as ex officio members of the Board. Clause 3 of "The Wellington College Act, 1872, Amendment Act, 1877," reads : — " The members of tho House of Representatives for the city of Wellington for the time being shall be Governors of the College ex officio," and it was pointed out by Mr. H. Bunny at the recent meeting of the Board that there was no electorate styled the city of Wellington. In the reply received from the Government no reference is made as to the legal status of the members as regards taking part in the proceedings of tho Board, but it is mentioned that Government will probably bring in an amending Act next session. From this it may be Inforred that there is a doubt as to the right of members of the House of 'Representatives to tako part in the business of the Board. In the Magistrate's Court to-day, before Mr. Wardell, R M., judgments for plaintiffs were given in the following civil cases:— James- W. Logan v. G. W. Mills, .£4 Is Bd, costs 7s; Isaac Hunt v. Charles Tibline, £2 16«, costs 6s ; same v. William Buck, -65 16s, costs 11s; Official Assignee v. Ordando Winme, £3 10s, costs ss ; same v. D. D. Cameron, £16 4s, costs £2 13s ; D. Drake v. C. W. Hawthorne, £1 5s 6d, costs 6s. In the judgment summons case of E. W. Mills and Co. v. Louis Gursty an order was made for 14 days' imprisonment, and was suspended for 14 days. The annual invitation ball of the Wellington Naval Artillery to-morrow night promises to bo one of the most successful affairs ever held in Wellington. A large number of invitations have been accepted. A party from Government House, the officers of H.M.S. Opal, and a large nnmber of the Canterbury footballers will be present. The committee have left no stones unturned to make the ball a most enjoyable one. The decorations will be on a very extensive scale. A young man of respectable appearance named David Alexander Johnstpne was apprehended on warrant by Detective Chrystal at noon to-day, on the charge of having obtained £4 commission from Andrew M. Loasby, by the false pretence that he had obtained an order from Messrs. Bannatyne and Co. for and sold to them goods to the value of about £160. The accused was brought before Mr. Wardoll in tho Magistrate's Court, and remanded until to-morrow, bail being acoepted in one surety of £50. Mr. Kirk appeared for the informant, and Mr. Skorrett for the defence, A case whioh has been before tho Magistrate's Court for many weeks past, in which Isaac Levy, clothier, claimed £26 11s from the Union Steam Ship Company for damage caused to certain goods in transit from Auckland to Wellington, was called on for judgment this morning. Mr. Wardell intimated that there seemed to be evidence that the goods were stored in the hold in snot a position as to prevent an appearance of danger. Mr. Gully, who appeared for the company, proposed to oall the officers of the vessel to give evidence upon this point. Mr, Skorrett, for the plaintiff, asked the Court to hold that apart from the question of negligence, the company wore liable for the damage as common carriers, so that the legal position might be tested by appeal. His Worship, though disagreeing with that view, offered to enter judgment as suggested, with the consent of both parties, but Mr. Gully dissented, and, after some argument, the case was adjourned »i?ie die for further evidence. There was again a large attendance at the Opera House last night when Mooro and Ashton's Minstrels repeated the programme of the previous night. Among the audience were tho representatives selected to play in the football match between Canterbury and Wellington. The various items were received with enthusiastic applause, and encores were numerous. The same programme will be given to-night. Tho Star of Newtown lodge, No. 24, 1.0. G.T., held its usual weekly meeting on Tuesday evening last, in their lodgeroom, Adelaide-road, nnder the presidency of the new W.C.T., Bro. Mackay. There was a good attendance. The members of the Pride of the Ocean Lodge, No. 23, from H.M.S. Opal, paid a fraternal visit, and were heartily welcomed. The routine business having been disposed of, the Lodge went into harmony, when some really good songs and readings were given by many of the bluejackets and others, some receiving encores. During the evening it was announced by the P.C.T. that the rules of the Lodge had been certified by the Registrar of Friendly Societies, and that this Lodge was now a specially authorised society under the Friendly Societies' Act of 1882, section 7 sub-section 5. At the close of the meeting votes of thanks were cordially given to the visiting members for their attendance, and they were asked to convey the fraternal greetings of tne Lodge to any Lodges they may visit in any other part of the colonies. Altogether a most pleasant and harmonious evening was spent by all. Rather an amnsing incident has arisen out of the recent remarks made in the Upper House of the New South Wales Parliament by Mr. J. A. Lloyd on the Payment of Members Bill. Mr. Ninian Melville, one of the members for Northumberland, appears to have taken umbrage at what he said, and accordingly wrote to Mr. Lloyd, asking him to name a second and fight a duel. The difficulty is to know whether the challenge was a serious one, and Mr. Lloyd has written a letter to sound Mr. Melville on the point. Dnring the hearing of a case in the Bankruptcy Court, New Plymouth, last Thursday, it transpired that a large quantity of bad butter h&d been sent away from New Plymonth to the Sydney market. Mr. Samuel said it was a pity there was not a law to prevent the shipment of bad butter, as it would give New Plymouth a bad name. Mr. Mynott remarked that the butter shipped this year had been particularly inferior, over 1000 kegs not fit for human food having been sent to Sydney, where it would have to be used as tallow, The opinions of the press on Hannah's Great Boot Sale i— "As will be noticed by the inset published with to-night's issue, the well-known boot providers, Messrs. R. Hannah & Co., are oommenoing what they designate their half-yearly sale of boots and shoes on Saturday. We understand Messrs. R. Hannah & Co., have adopted the system of holding a olearing sale every six months, so as to dispose of their surplus stock ; but, in addition to this, some weeks ago they cleared some 400 trunks of boots and shoeß, &o , out of bond in anticipation of a change in the tariff, and not having Btorage room for these goods as well as for the shipments just to band, ex Euapehu and Kaikoura, the whole will be offered to the public, together with their magnifioent stook of qoloniaj: made goods at their 'factory, during ' tfya sale, and, j oaring the prioe-Bst, and the class of goods offered, we anticipate they will have a good time. of it for the nest ten days,"— Apvt, ]