NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTIONS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 9008, 7 March 1908, Page 7

NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTIONS.

A MAGISTERIAL DECISION.

In a case hoard iv the Magistrate's Court, Thames, last week, whoroiu tho proprietor of the Thames Star obtained judgment against J. D. Collins (formerly of Tairua) for £2 18s subscription to paper, a point was mentioned by the Magistrate that should prove of*interest to anyone who entertains auy doubt its to tho law on tho subject.* Iv tho case in question tho defendant hud left the district without stopping the paper, .and consequently others continued to receive it; but, no payment being made, Collins was sued for tho total amount owing. Uis Worship slid it had been given as a. decision that even if a subscriber did order the stoppage of the paper, that order was practically invalid unless the arrears to date wero paid. "People apparently do uot know this," said his Worship, " and I think that information is worth more thau six-and-eightpouce. " It was also mentioned that in a case where the paper was left at a residence by mistake,and tho paper accepted by the new tenant and no objection raised, tho person so receiving the p_per would be liable, as having tacitly consented to its delivery aud having accepted same. It is just as well that these two points should bo accentuated so as to avoid complications in the future.