TO-DAYS COURT.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LI, Issue 9065, 10 April 1906, Page 7

TO-DAYS COURT.

(Before Mr A. Turnbull, S.M.) JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT. In tihe following cases judgment was given by default : — W. R. Douglas v. S. Dale, claim £5 15s. Adamson and Robb v. A. H. Baird, claim £4 10s. JUDGMENT SUMMONS. F. Harrison v. M. J. McGeady, amount £15 3s 3d. — An offer to pay £2 monthly was accepted. DEMOLISHING A HOVEL. Mt Welsh appearing for the Town Clerk, applied for an order to have an old house, unfit for habitation, taken down. There was nothing of a contentious nature, the proceeding being merely .formal, and an order was made to have the place demolished within 48 hours. A DISPUTED CLAIM. R. Fortune claimed from Jas. Pinkerton, of Palmereton North, £19 10s 3d, made up ais follows : A dynamo £10 ; fittings and repairs to an automobile, £10 2s 6d ; costs of taking automobile from Rotorua to Pa3meTston, wages and sundries £4 7s 9d. £5 had been paid on account. Defendant offered £15 in full settlement. He disputed the claim that he was liable for the taking of the car back from Rotorua, and hield that on. another occasion when plaintiff was driving the car he brought it to Hawera for his own convenience, defendant therefore being entitled to £2 for hire. Plaintiff .said that the excursionists he took to Rotonia for defendant paid the costs of the car on that journey, and defendant, was to pay the costs incurred on the return. Mr Foy, who appeared for plaintiff, said that defendant would have to bring a separate action as regards the £2 claim for hire. Judgment was given for the full claim but execution was stayed tlrree weeks to allow defendant to bring a cross-action.