BUSINESS NOTES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume xxxvi, Issue 10590, 12 March 1902, Page 3

BUSINESS NOTES.

« Mr J. W. Alderton notifies that he. has commenced business on- his- own?*c count as bricklayer and contractor, and may So communicated with at his ad dci'is in Argyle Street, 'Wanganui. Mi Alderton.haa the reputation of being n f.rst-clißs workman during the seven years ho has been here, having been as ecciatcd with the most prominenl builders and contractors in 'the work tvirned out by them. The. tender of Mr H. T. Johns has been accepted for the erection of thr Victoria Ward at the Hospital. The contract price was .£2193> and was within £23 of the architect's estimate. Tenders were also received from Messn Knuckey, Stewart, Meuli, Hagar, Randal. Spuxdle and McLeod. and. Thomson and Armstrong. New Free Wheel fitted ' to Star" Cycles. — The Hyde patent wheel, which allows the machine to free wheel over half a mile on the track, from a flying start. Call and see at Adams' Star Cycle Coy., Avenue, Wanganui. — Advt. At this season of the year, wften nearly every other person v suffering from some form of cold, it is welcome news to those who suffer to know that Sykes' Cura Cough (the Great Microbe Killer) is at hand. Mr Sykes is continually receiving letters from grateful sufferers who have received benefit by using his now celebrated Cough Remedy, and rejoice to find Syker Cum Cough ia i remedy which give* immediate relief. Just givei Sykes' Cura, Cough a trial and it will cure you. Be careful! Syke*' Cura Cough i* the name, tak* notting "jurt as goody

SUPREME COURT. .» Wanganui Sittings (Before His Honor Judge Edwards). PATEA COUNTT vTpUBUA BO AD BOARD. (W iJarnicoat for pla\ntiif, Mr Fitsherbert for defendant). Mr Barnicoat, in opening the case I'or the plaintiff, mentioned that it was n friendly action between the two local bodies, and it had been arranged, no matter what the issue, that no order be made as to costs. The case had particulnr reference to the costs and expensea inoidont to the elections and meetings of the Patea Licensing COm- ! mittee, amounting to JB3S 13s lOd (from Ist May, 1900 to 30th April, 1001), which were in accordance with 'the provisions of. section 16 of the Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act Amendment Act, 1895, paid by the Patea County-Council. Portions of the license fees accruiv in the Patea Licensing District are received by all of the local authorities, except the Boad Boards, of which the Puma Road~ Board is one. The total licensr fees received by the local authorities in the said district is .£432, and the local authority in that district that receives the smallest portion of the license fees is the Waitotara County Council, which receives J620. The Patea County Council alleges that the Puma Boad District is liable to contribute fo the aforesaid costs and expenses, and that the proportion of Bitch costs and expenses payable b- the defendant (Puma Boad District is £\ Is 9d. For the defendant is was contended, that there was no liability. The Puruo BoaA District iB partly in the Pateo Licensing District. The defendant alleges that contribution to the expenses incident to the elections and meeting! of the Patea Licensing: Committee can only bo claimed by the plaintiff from the local bodies wholly or partly in the Patea Licensing- District, which receive or are entitled to receive licensing fees under the provisions of section 109 of the Licensing Act, 1881, and that the defendant not being such a local body is not liable to such contribution, an.l, further, that the contribution by the Wanganui County Council to, such expenses excludes all contributions from Road Districts within such County, and that the plaintiff is not entitled to claim a contribution from the Wanganui County, an<i.»V» a contribution from the Road Board within such County. The amount fn dispute is very small, -but the "auditors of the,defendant's acconnts.objeets td allow the payment on the erronnd that is ir an illegal claim, and the defenc* if to test the validity of J*e claim. "" ■ After arefumenttby counsel, the Court reserved •£$ decision; . " In the Supreme Court this afternoon the case Brace and others v Hogg and another was before His Honor Mr Justice Edwards, Mr Treadwell appearing for plaintiff and Mr Watt for defendant. The case was merely mentioned 'and adjourned to enable other parties to be joined with the defendants. The sittings of the Supreme Court in .Wanganui concluded this afternoon.