GORE J.p. COUKT.

Mataura Ensign, Issue 717, 29 March 1900, Page 5

GORE J.p. COUKT.

[ THIS DAY. (Before Messrs Green and Ballhitine, J\;.P.) ■D. M. Spcdding and Son (Mi Bow" r) v. W. Litlerick, claim £2 Is 9d.— Judgment, with £1 Is costs. It. Doull (Mr Henderson) v. Alox. McCleary, claim £3 0s 9d. — Judgment, with 10s costs. Dolaniore and Co. (Xlr Bowler) v. John Pagan, claim £3 lls 8d. — Judgment, with 20s costs. Same v. John White, claim £5 17s. — Judgment, with £1 18s 9d costs. Same v. Jas. Trussler, claim £4 8s. — Judgment, with 10s costs. Spedding and Son (.Mr Bowler) v. Jas. Smith (Tuturau), claim £10.— Judgineut, with £1 14s (id costs. C. G. Thurston (Mr Poppelwell, instructed by Mr Neave) v G. H. Mackenzie (Mr Henderson) — Claim £12 lls on a dishonored cheque and promissory note. Judgmeut, with costs £2 os. Felix O'Neill (Mr lnder) v. A. Cockburn (Mr Nichol)— Claim £2 10s, balance due on the seivices of a horse. — Plaintiff claimed thai his horse had served one of defendant's mares, which afterwards gave birth to a foal. — The defence set up was that the mare served by plaintiff's horse had no foal. There were three mares with foals on his faim, but the (oaU running with them weie sired by Griersou's horse, Hero Again, ut Waikaka Valley. Defendant had paid plaintiff 10s in payment of the service. Plaiu:iff elected to take a nonsuit, which was given, with £1 Is costs.

The Colonial Bank building in Princes street, Dunedin, has been purchased from the Bank of New Zealand for £28,710. It has been bought on behalf of a proprietary company, it is understood, and probably the Dunedin Stock Exchange will have a preponderating intluencc. The licensing committee election for Cavershain resulted in the return of thiee members of the moderate party and two of those nominated by the Council of Churches. Members of the Gore Presbyterian choir, with their friends to the number of over 00, proc eded, to Croydon Bush yesterday for the annual picnic. This Droved most enjoyable to all. Mr C. Clayton, photographer, Main street, has secured a number of photos illustrative of the departure of the contingents from Dunedin on Saturday. These embrace panoramic views of the Oval during the speechmaking, of the embarkation at Port Chalmers, as well as splendid pictuies of the Mataura Valley troop in full regimentals, Mr Glendinuing's garden party, etc., etc. 'At the second day's tiots at Dunedin yesterday, the followiug wore the lesults : — Advance handicap, Dorcen (,t-5U 10s and £25 ss) ; St. Clair Pony, Little Jane (£4 12s and £2 Us) ; Trial, Carrick (£2 and £1) ; Disposal, The Laird (£9 14s and £-1 17s) ; Telegraph, Cling (£2 2a and £1 Is) ; Telephone, Booby (£1 14s and 17s); Ivanhoe, Flower Girl (£lO 14s and £5 7s) ; Final' Pony, Tim (£4 JGs and £2 b>) ; Farewell, Young Burlington (£ls 8s and £7 14s). At the Gore Court this morning a young farmer, for whom Mr ludcr appeared, was chaiged with the theft of a binder chain, the property of a neighboring farmer ou March 31at, 1899. The defence was that ihe accused took the chain for a joke and with no felonious intent. This view of the matter the Bench took, lecturing defendant on the folly of his conduct, and dismissed the case. A great fire has occurred in Grave street, Capetown, in which the Government oflices narrowly escaped destruction. The archives were damaged. Tin? Wellington Education Board's chief inspector, in his annual report, announced a falling oil in passes, and states that the work in a respectable number of the schools is not satisfactory and somewhat weak, lie attributes this partly to the unsatisfactory selection of pupil teachers and parity to the retention of incompetent teachers. The tendency of the administrations, says Mr Lee, is to retain weak teachers, some sympathy always arising in personal favor of teachers as against the educational interest of the suffering cliildicu, a condition of things which leaves much to be desired. A discu^ion took place ut the Educnt on Board on the sujbeet of excess of sain ies. Mr lloberlson moved that the regulations legarding sahuies be adhered to. He pointed out that they were paying £1200 a year in excess and £1100 for redundant teachers, while Ihe attendance was falling oil rather than increasing. Considerable opp sition was shown, some members objecting to bringing down the living wage of teachers. On the whole, the feeling of the board was against reduction, but eventually it was decided to wail on the Minister "and seek his advice on the subject. The Nelson Board forwarded a proposal that nn one should bo allowed to hold more than one scholarship at the same t uio, and asked for Wellington's approval. The Board, however, considered ihat it could not prevpnt scholars who had openly won these prizes holding them The chairman, in fact, thought they could not legally prevent it. The object of Ihe minstrel and variety entertainment promoted locally to be held on Wednesday evening next in aid of the more men and horses fun. l has been cban.ed, »nd the proceeds are to lie devoted to the Indian Famine Belief Fund. The entertainment promises to be one i>f grpat intmest, vaiiety, and excellence being the keynote of the entire function. The slave management will be conducted by Mr Harry J.ig^ers, and the musical department is in the hands of Mr 11. Mayo. Waste paper in the streets of Chicigo is now being collected and removed by euutiaet on a new system, trial for (he lir-t timo. The Clean Street Company has placed boxes at various points, in wjiich tho paper is thrown. The company has a contract with iho cily for a term of ten yeais, paying the c ty a percentage on its gross receipt)*. It his also a contract with the Salvation Army for colltcting the paper and keeping the boxes clean inside and outside, the Army having its own arrangements for sorting the paper before disposing of it. About eijzht tons of paper ar,e collected each week, and the quantity is said to be incroasini/. The boxes aie about the size of the street mail box s for the isception of newspapers and parcels and cost about 84.50 per box elected. There are now 1010 boxes in use, and they are mainly placed on street corners at the edge of the sidewalk. One horse waggons of light construction are used for collecting. The 'Chinese Australian Heuild' p lints out that, although the bubonic plaguu has been in existence in Hongkong, either in an epidemic or endemic form for five or six years past, and although there are three lines of steamers in constant communication with that port and Sydney, carrying cargoes of rice, fish in cases, and other foodstuffs, which might naturally be cxpecled to harbor rats, not a single case .of this disease has been introduced by that means. This fnc', the ' Herald ' considers, casts grave doubt on the theory that the plague is introduced by rats. The steamers from Hongkong are examined at Port. Darwin and several Queensland ports by health authorities before- they reach Sydney, and it a casi had occurred it would certainly have been discovered. The Chinese of Sydney arc much elated at the fact that so far not a single Chinaman has fallen i victim to the plague, and also at the result of an official inspection of their premises, made at the instigation of the Mayor, Sir Matthew Harris. This inspection, it is stated, showed tli it the Chinese were working ju>t as hard to stamp the plague out as anybody els-. A private uf the Grenadiers, writing from the Modder encampment, says in a letter to. hand last mnil : — 'We caught a spy the •other d.iy. We thought ho was loyal to us, hut we watched him one night, and miw a light in his house, and what is moi'p, we s.iw him use a tvl 1 phoue which was found to communicate with the Boers about three miles away. We look him prisoner, and on searching found the wires in a w«ll. We traced the wire round a pigstye, but it broke as we were following it across the river, the wire being at the bottom. " Our cnnip has been full of spies, but I think we have caught the chief of them at last. The same man was caught before, 6igualliog with a lamp, but he then sa ; d he was lookingfor h : s cattle, and we Rave him the benefit of the doubt. Now he has come to the •nd of his career, and I am sure I should not like to have his death." Two residential sites in Jacobstown for sale. Tenders wanted for grazing for one year on pait of municipal reserve. G • to Cayton t«T latest photos of fourth contingent. ■;-.""