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Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 182, 3 August 1920, Page 8

The dea/th of Ma- John Addison, vrho was the licensee of the Waivau Valley Hotel in former years, occurred at Christchurch this morning.

'At a special meeting cf the Waitaki County Council on Tuesday the loan of :e2OOO for doctors' residences at. Kurow and Duntroon was passed for confirmation at the monthly meeting.

Miss Louk-e Mack, the novelist, ■war correspondent, and lecturer, passed. through Blenheim to-day en route for Christchuroh. Miss Mack will return to this district in a few weeks' time v and will appear here about the end of August under Mr Carr's management.

The Hon. Mr Anderson, Minister for Internal Affairs', underwent an operation at Wellington this morning. He is progressing favorably. It will be some time before he is about again.

"I know of a magistrate whoi refused to hear the defence, of a man who appeared in court with the receipt lor the amount of a claim •against him, sololy because he had not given tho usuad formal notice of defence" dcolared Mr T. A. B, Bailey, S.M., at the Eltham Magistrate's Court. "That is not the attitude I tnke up, however*" he added. "The Magistrates' Court is the people's court, io which people can come without a. lawyer, and I shall always do my best to make the procedure as easy as possible for litigants."

At tho Magistrate's Court this rooming; a number of by-law cases were dealt with by Mr P. L. Boilings, $S.M. Joe Sun, for leaving a vehicle unattended, was convicted and ■Mrdered to pay the costs (7s). Annie D'akin, for allowing a cow to wander, a second offence, was fined 20s and costs (7s). ' Francis Noel Kitching, for n breach of & probation order m not paying amounts ordered to bo pai-'J and for neglecting to report liimjrelf, was ordered to lie remanded in custody for a period of one month, to lie relented on payment of the original sum of £5 17s 6d and the expenses of the present case (£2 19s). John William -Charles Ward pleaded guilty to neglecting ten apply for a jsermit for the erection of an engineshed at the Club Hotel, owing to a misunderstand in jr. and was convicted md fined 20s and costs (7s). The Sanitary Inspector (Mr James Jolinj»ton) appealed to support a charge against Pcrcival Waitson for affixing waste pipes connected with a bath, «nk, and sanitary cchveninces at a hoHW in Howick Road., he not being si licensed plumber. The defendant, who did nt>t appear, was fined £2 and <t>.s-ts (7s) ajid solicitor's fee (£1 Is).