BUSH NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10895, 21 April 1898, Page 4

BUSH NEWS.

(FROM OUE OKMONDVILLB COBEE3PONDKNT). April 20, 1198. The promoters of the Mntnal Help Soolety Idea snbmitted their proposal to a publlo meeting last evening at Norsewood. Mr S. Brabazon oocnpled tbe chair. Tbe meetinct decided to form the soolety on benevolent lines. It is to be called the Nonewood Jubilee Friendship Soolety. The society will comlder and deal with all olalms for relief, paid mem* berß Retting ol oonrie first attention, Tbe rate of relief has been Itf t> open to tbe dlsoretlon of tbe committee, and a provisional oommlttee has been Dppointed to work tbe matter np. Progress will be reported at a publlo meeting to be held shortly, So far the membership is 14, The operations will embrace Noriewood, Makotakn, and Ormondvllle. Messrs BrabtzjD, Pettersen, Beckett, Weatall, and Webber ■poke in favor of the proposal, which was dlscnaeed at length, The contributions so far received amount to £11 15 b. Tbe provielonal committee Is composed of Messrs Brabezon (chairman), Westell, Beckett (secretary), FeHAtson (treaturer), Nielsen, Thomsoa, and Fischer. Tbe Ormondvlllo S.M, Conrt sat trfday, Meißrs Erloksen, Robinson, and Brabazon, J'b.P., presiding, George Martin wbb lined Is and costs for lurloaa driving, and the Norse wood .Road Board scoured judgment agalnßt P. G, Sanders for 93 4d, rateß In arrears, and ooats 9i. Plaintiffs secured judgment in the caaes May v. Reynolds, oiolm 18«, and Andrew v, V- Lloyd, 16«. A leog'thy oase—Grimwood v. Clemett— occupied the attention of the Conrt. Grlmwood alleged that he had been engaged by defendant to cut sleepers, atMskotnka, at 1* apiece. Had ont 93, These wbb no partnership betwenn them. This wbb borna ont by plaintiff's wife and Mr C. C. Smith, of "Blalrgowrla" station, Makotnkn, where the timber was ont. Defendant said there wbb a partnership, but obeir Worships dcotded there wrb not enlliolent evidence to show this, and pave Judgment for olalm £4 13s, and oOßti 6< t plaintiffs expenses 6s.