BUTTONHOLES.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 11977, 21 September 1906, Page 7

BUTTONHOLES.

In the very latest styles made up by Laird and Son's floral artist. For sample of floral work look at their window tomorrow — Saturday.

The Wanganui Meat Freezing Company, Lt., have, as usual, a most attractive display of prime ox beef and wether mutton at their shops in Ridgway Street and Victoria, Avenue. They also make a speciality of small goods, and their pork and beef sausages have earned a wellmerited reputation for general excellence.

A first offending drunk was this morning convicted and discharged by Mr A. Turnbull, S.M. Three vaccination exemption certificates were granted.

At the Borough Council meeting on Tuesday evening Cr Harkness moved for a return showing the estimated state of the Borough finances at the end of the present financial year. During the absence of Mr R. L. Stanford, S.M., on sick leave, the Wanganui and Waverley Courts will be taken by Mr A. Turnbull, S.M., of the Hawera district, while the southern sittings of this district will be attended to by Mr A. D. Thomson, S.M., of Palmerston North. Mr Turnbull presided at the Magistrate's and Police Courts Sittings to-day.

The little steamer Mascotte, which the Harbour Board recently purchased in Auckland for towing and hauling operations in connection with river works, arrived this morning from the northern port, via Ctisborne and Wellington. She had a very good passage from port to port, and was brought down by Captain Warm. She will oommen.ee work to-mor-row. A quiet but very pretty wedding was solemnised yesterday afternoon at the residence of Mr A Doig, Niblett Street, when the Rev. Oxbrow joined in holy matrimony Walter Henry Panckhurst, of Greymouth, to Ethel May Moore, fifth daughter of Mr Robert Moore, of Greymouth. Misses Mary and Eva Moore, sisters of the bride, acted as bridesmaids, and Fred Henne as best man. The bride looked charming dressed in a light grey tailor-made costume, with cream cloth facings, pink tulle hat, with- large white ostrich feather, and carried a shower bouauet of pink geraniums and cream cowlips. The bridesmaids wore cream silk dresses, richly trimmed with silk insertion, and cream hats to match. After a sumptuous wedding breakfast had been done full justice to, and the health of the bride and bridegroom drunk, the happy couple left for the North .where the honeymoon is to be spent.

At the Police Court this afternoon, before Mr. Turnbull, S.M., the young man Wall, who had been remanded on two eccasions, was charged with entering the dwellinghouse of Stephen Sleeman on the 11th inst. and stealing therefront one Savings Bank book valued at Is, and that he, on the same day, forged the name of Stephen Sleeman to a Post Office withdrawal order for Jls. The Yacte of the case have already been published in our columns. Mr. Mackay appeared on behalf of the accused, who, after the evidence of S. Sleeman (the prosecutor), E. Randal, R. H. Boyd, L. Caldwell (Post Office officials), and Constable Watt had been given, pleaded guilty, stating that he was very sorry for his act. The accused was remanded to Wellington for santence. The charges against the man named Taylor were adjourned till Friday next.

The case of Mrs Laird v. G. Leslie wai before Mr Turnbull, S.M., this morning for the third time. This was a claim by the plaintiff for .£1 10s for rent, and' »n additional claim for £A 3s for damages it was alleged had been done to the premiaes rented by the defendant, before he gave up possession on the 27th August last. The damages claimed for consisted of the destruction of a sponge bath, 7s 6d ; a doorway cut through a wall without the plaintiff's permission, and which had not been repaired, 15s; damages to p.w.c pan £1 10s, and the remainder for blinds and rollers, a tap key, a kitchen table and * gu3 mantle. In the claim for rent plaintiff was non-suited by Mr Stanford, S.M., recently, and the whole point was as to whether or not a payment of £2, which it was admitted by both parties, had been paid in December last, had been entered in -defendant's rent book. The claimant and her daughter, the latter being in charge of the books, stated that the defendant on one occasion brought £2, but did not take his book, and the payment was to be entered on the next occasion, which was in February, when Mrs Leslie took £1 10s, and plaintiff, not having a stamp, entered the £2 received in December, aa two ,£1 payments. The defendant claimed that his book had not been credited with the £2. With regard to the claim for damages, the defendant held that the bath and table were not in a state for use, and were taken outside; that the blind rollers, gas mantle and tap key were not in the house when he took it. and that the p.w.c. was in good order when he gave up the key of the house. The S.M. non-suited the plaintiff, and allowed the defendant 21s costs.