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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 1 August 1911, Page 7

This morning Mr Kenrick, S.M., gave judgment for plaintiffs, with costs, in the following cases: H. R. Sloan v. H. Thomson, £3 14s 8d; Annie Fitzgerald v. S. Bevan, £8 8s: L. S. Tarrant v. A. J. Stewart, £18 10s lOd; Hannah and Co. v. R. W. McGarvie, £5 Is 3d. Orders were made in respect of the following judgment summonses, judgment -debtors not putting in an appearance: A. D. Turner v. E. T. Harrison, £17 19s. Ellis and Jlanton v. Kee Sue, £4 2s. (in this case there was another defendant, Hop Sing of Stratford, and the action against him was adjourned to enable him to be served for appearance at Stratford). C. Cudby v. D. McGarvey £1 9s 6d. In the case of H. G. Anderson -and Co. v. A. Lethaby claim £16 4s 6d. judgment debtor, who was present, consented to an order for payment for £1 per month 1 At the fortnightly meeting of Lodge Hawera, U.A.0.D., held on Monday 'evening, one new member was proposed. After the business had been transacted the remainder of the evening was spent in harmony. While a man was engaged with a horse and dray removing the weekly rubbish -accumulations from the yard at the back -of the Empire Hotel this afternoon the horse took fright, it is supposed at some clothes hanging on a line, and bolted. Passing through the gates into Prince's >Street, he turned up High Street, and 'Continued his course till stopped by someone near the Royal Hotel. The -horse steered a course clear of all other vehicles, and beyond leaving the street littered with paper, which was shaken out of the vehicle, no harm was done. The charge for table adornments in the shape of flowers has gone up during the past ten weeift; values being almost prohibitive, says the Auckland Star. The • demand continues to be greater than the supply, for the exceptionally heavy frosts experienced recently cut off nearly every source of supply, sheltered spots at Mayfield and Takapuna being'practically the only places from which the florists could secure blooms. Late roses were ; sold at as high a price as 4s or 5s per dez., while sprigs of daphne found ready purchasers at 6d and 9d. Now, however, the new season's supply is coming in, spring flowers such as narcissi and violets may be had at reasonable rates, while there promises to be a plentiful supply of hyacinths and daffodils very csoon. Florists are generally of the opinion that the custom of wearing buttonholes of the flowers in season is dying out. What is being lost in this way, however, is being made up in other branches. A great many more blooms are bought for home, and an artistic and systematic scheme of floral decoration for the table centre, as is universally carried out in India, is fast becoming a custom in Auckland. The coming of the pantomime also makes a perceptible different in the sales in many florists' shops. The practice of presenting bouquets in the theatre is not carried out to such an extent as in previous years. The reason for this is thought to be that the managements of the leading companies will not allow any flowers to be given till the end of the perform-1 ance; but in the case of amateur entertainments it is different, as many as fifteen bouquets being handed on to the platform in one evening. Gramophones. —E. Dixon and Co. has arranged for the agency of the very latest machines in gramophones. Inapeqgion invited. * ■