CIVIL ACTIONS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 88, 10 October 1912, Page 8

CIVIL ACTIONS

In the ' following cases heard before Dr. M'Arthur at the Magistrate's Court, judgment was given plaintiff by default to-day : —The Commercial Agency, Ltd. "(assignee) and T. T. Watt (assignor) v. William Bishop, £4 9s Bd, costs 10s ; ' New Zealand Express Company, Ltd. v. D. Jameson, 5a and ss ; United Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd. v. George" T. Hanlon, £22 4s Id and £3 5 The Commercial Agency Ltd. (assignee) and Atlas Biscuit and Confectionery Company (assignots) v. Mrs. C. Corkins, £8 2s Id and £1 3s 6d ; Rains and Churchill v. James Whelan, £3 15s and 10s ; the Commercial Agency Ltd. (assignee) and R. G. Schaut- (assignor) v. Mrs. Honora New* port, £1 13s 4d and ss ; the Commercial Agency, Ltd. (assignee) and Ross and Glendining assignors) v. Charles Erickson, £18 5s 3d and £1 10s 6d ; Charles Pratt and Co., as assignee of John Moffat v. H. J. Murdoch, £10 10s and £1 10s 6d; Bates and Lees v. J. G. Leonard, £2 14s 6d and 16s ; Gamble and Son v. William Boulton, £5 10s and £1 13s 6d; Spencer ' George Radford v. E. G. Bodrick, £7 4s and 8s ; Fieldev and Co. v. H. Ogden, £11 2s 3d and 15s; same v. Seymour D. Grut, £12 Os 7d and 15s ; Timothy Begge v. William White, £2 10s and 10s i The Commercial Agency,, Ltd. (assignee) and R. G. Schauer (assignor) v. Mra. Bridget Reardon, £1 3s 9d "and ss ; Gear Meat Co. V.Jane Wilson, £8 lSs 3d and"£l 5a 6d; Levin and Co., Ltd., v. Frank Bowring Turner, £15 13s 4d and £1 10s 6d ; William Bannafcyne and Co., Ltd., v. Gallate Bros., £21 8s 5d and £2 14s; Sargood, Son, and Ewen, Ltd., v. H. Sinclair and Co., costs 7s; Wellington Gas. Co., Ltd., v. John Brook, £2 le 6d and 10s j'M'Ewen, Carter, and Co., Ltd., v. Joseph Fleet, £5 12s and £1 3s 6d ; A. H. Delmer v. Julius Lamberg, £1 9s and 8s ; eamo y. Charles Minifie, £1 12s and 8a; Public Trustee (re estate of Helen M'llwraith) v. Thomas Taylor and Arthur Tregea, £39 0s 6d and £2 146. ' JUDGMENT SUMMONSES. Charles Onyori was ordered to pay William John Seater £4 6« 3d -by 24th October ; and Te Koroneho was ordered to pay Pinnock's Taxi-cab and Touring Car Service, £4 4s 2d in inetalments of £1 *per month. . " , "Caddying" is generally a rather pleasant and lucrative employment, and whsn a youngster finds that in preference 'to spending the hours in school he cwi with a slight burden on his shoulders watch the golf ball fly over hill and dale, he is not slow to grasp the opportunity. As the result of recent golf games 40 boys were engaged at Upper Hutt to act.aS caddies, with the result that at school later it was found that the ranks to that extent depleted as a sequel to this. Abraham Brown, the father of one of the boys, had to answer at the J Upper Hutt Court yesterday to two charges of {ailing to send his two sons to school. He 'was convicted, and ordered to pay a fine of 4s, with Court costs ?s, in each case. Mr, Dinmi, truant inspe'etor, who prosecuted, stated that the_ parents of the other boys had heeclel his* Warnings as to tho absence of their «ons Trom school with the exceplion of defendant. An Oamaru Press Association telegram records the death of Mr. William Cowan, a noted breeder of Ayrshire cattle, atted 80 years. ' l ° Mr. J. Godber was elected chairman of the Wellington Hospital Committee, vice .Mr; N. C. Kirk rftigned, at Hie meeting of the committee this afternoon.

New potatoes are coming to hand locally much more freely now ; in fact the shipments aro increasing every day. Most of the tubers come from the Auckland district. At the ni&rte the prices range from 2d to 2jd pet lb. Mr. Otto Jerusalem will leave . Wellington to-morrow to inspect and report on the Tairua opal fields, to work which a company with a capital of £30,000 ia being formed. Mr Jerusalem was in the Australian opal fields for five years. Messrs. Laery and 00. will hold a »le of three Stuart motor cars at their pr&> mines, Allen*street, (it 2.30 o'clock tomorrow. , Preliminary steps in connection with the installation Qf Petone's new sewage scheme are to be taken in a fortnights time by the borough engineer (Mr, A. Cowie). Yesterday, the Union Steam Shit' Company's old coal hulk Oceola, which did service in Wellington for over thirty years, was towed out to Palliser Bay and scuttled. The Oceola is remember* ed in shipping circles as being a fine old sailer, and as such she had an honourable record; but finally she went the way of most ships of her class, and was converted into a hulk. Tlie work of scuttling the ship, by removing plugs and boards which sealed freshlymade holes, did not take bug. The vessel sank in seventeen fathoms of water. The annual meeting of the Wellington Riflo Association will be held on Monday evening. ■ / Messrs. Harcourt and Co. will hold a, sale of household furniture and ©fleets on the premises, 38, Martin-square, commene* ing at 2 p.m. to-morrow. A meeting, of creditars in the estate of the City Auctioneering Co. (Messrs. Tregea and Taylor) will be held in the rooms, 119, Mannere-street, to-morrbw afternoon. Mr. J. W. Wallace, chemist-optician, next Evening Post, advertises in this issue an article regarding defective sight.