to Mr. Harris for the sum. The amount owing when the arrangement was made was Lli 13s. 9d. I do not remember suing Mr. Harris for this amount.. Some of the entries in the bill of particulars are entered in my own handwriting, but those that are not in my handwriting I can ■swear to as being correct. Mr. George Allen made the other entries. Mr. Giles was not in our employ at the time. William R. Boyle, sworn—l remember Mr. Harris giving me an order to collect • certain moneys, and to pay Weeks and Dixon’s account. Mr. Ireland said he had no evidence to call in the matter, beyond the evidence ho had to give himself, which was to the effect that an arrangement had been made by which he was to bo exonerated from liability on giving a jiromissory note for a portion of the account. Judgment for plaintiffs, with costs, L2 11s. Weeks and. Dixon v. Harris.—Claim, L 6 16s. 3J- Mr. O’Reilly for plaintiffs ; Mr. Ireland for defendant. A set-off was put in of L 8 16s. Gd. The Clerk read the evidence of Mr. Harris given in the Dun edin R.M. Court. Judgment for L 4 19s. r 9d. and costs, amounting to L2 2s. A set off to the amount of LI IGs. 3d. was ad mitted by plaintiffs. JAMESON V. FIELD. Mr. O’Reilly .applied for immediate ex ecution to issue in the case of Jamieson v. Field, inasmuch as defendant had called a meeting of his creditors, therefore, it would bo presumed the requisite bond would not bo entered into, nor the appeal proceeded with. His Worship said he had received an order from the Supreme Court, directing the issue of a distress warrant, but allow ing a week to the defendant to find sure ties, pending which week, the warrant was not issue. He could not go outside the order of the Supreme .Court, and there fore could not grant the application of Mr. O’Reilly. EE-INSTATED. Orr and Co. v. Bidden.—Application for re-instatement granted. Hearing ad journed till 9th July. A THRESHING CASE. MR. PURNELL COMMITTED FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT. Grigg v. Luscombe. —Claim, LSO. Mr. Purnell for defendant. Mr. Purnell stated that Mr. Grigg had employed defendant to thresh grain at so much per 1,000 bushels. Mr. Grigg had warned defendant not to thresh in bad weather, but defendant had done so, to the detriment of the wheat, and had also threshed very badly. To recover damages this case was brought. John Grigg, sworn—l engaged defend ant verbally in January last. Defendant was to get the gang together, and to have sole management of the machine and hands, plaintiff only directing in what particular paddocks the work was to be done. Defendant bad full control over the hands, both as regards employment and discharging. He was perfectly com petent to do the work, and ho threshed altogether 54,000 bushels. Witness gave defendant special directions about the paddock on which the damage had oc curred that was now sued for. It is always dangerous to thresh wheat too soon after rain, and defendant was cautioned not to thresh too soon. Defendant was alone to be the judge of the proper state of the wheat for threshing. Saw that the threshing had been done too soon after ram, for looking at the stacks it was ap parent that the machine had been opened too wide, and that the threshing had not been thorough. There were many places in which the straw had been untouched, and at least 10 per cent, of the grain had been left in the straw. I estimate that 10 per cent, on 2,900 bushels threshed on the “ bend” paddock had been left in the straw. I sold the whole quantity of my wheat at 3s. 7d., and this was as first-class a sample cf Tuscan wheat as I have ever grown. I paid defendant LI per 3,000 bushels for-his work, and the driver had the same, while the others had 14s. per 1,000. I have paid him as much as I consider due, holding myself for the balance, ponding a decision in the District Court. By. Mr. O’Reilly—There is a balance owing to defendant. I am perfectly pre pared to pay it whenever it is asked for. Mr. O’Reilly—Then hand it over now, please. Witness —Yes, I will. Mr. Burrell —No, don't, Mr. Grigg ; we mightn’t see it again. Witness, thus advised, didn’t hand it over, and the cross-examination was re sumed —There was a suit in the District Court, but the bill of particulars was not complete and another action was to be taken. Mr. O’Reilly wished lo know why this case was brought in the R.M. Court while another' was pending in the District Court' on precisely the same question now before this Court. Mr. Purnell objected to witness being cross-examined on a question of law. Witness said he chose the cheapest course, and the answer to the question was the fact that he was in the R.M. Court now. The case in the District Court was another case altogether. Mr. O’Reilly said the movement was a flank movement on Judge Ward. This action now before this Court was pending before the District Court. After a passage-at-arms between counsel, cross-examination proceeded. Witness—l was disposed to be lenient with Luscombe at the time I paid him the portion of wages he has got. Mr, O’Reilly—Then you acted as judge in your own case, assessed your own damages, and retained the money ? Witness—l did so in the hope that the matter would be amicably settled, believ ing that the damages could be put in as a set-off. lam not prepared to accept any more now than the full damages. I would have been content with half of those at the date of the account produced by Mr. O’Reilly, but not now. Mr. O’Reilly—You would have your full pound of flesh, in fact! Witness—l stopped L2O of the feeder s wa"cs at the same time as Luscomhe’s was stopped—L43 in all—but lam not suing on that account. lam perfectly prepared to pay that money, which I hold in trust for defendants, but I claim for the damage I have sustained through Luscombe’s care lessness and bad threshing. Some sparring here occurred between the lawyers on the legality _of the Court hearing"a question of law in the middle of a witness’s examination, in the course cf which Mr. O’Reilly pointed out that Mr Grigg had retained the men’s wages, - and that a suit by the men against him was pending in the District Court, and

are innocent. P^Bl^^Oktleilly—You read a paper recently at the Agricultural and Pastoral * Association, and you spoke of heavy 1 crops being taken off land in your district 6 —Mr, Cochrane's for instance, who got s fifty bushels per aero. How comes it that 1 this paddock of yours yielded ten bushels c to the acre '? ® Witness—l sowed clover, which grew as high as the wheat. This was a mistake. J I saw a little rust in a portion, of the crop r in the paddock. There was nothing the. matter with the wheat in question until after it was threshed. j , Mr. Reilly—You made rather a mess of it then, though you undertake to teach J agriculture 1 Witness—Yes. A small portion of the „ wheat was shrivelled—a portion of all ‘ wheat is so. The shrivelling of a small quantity of wheat in a crop would not mate ten per cent, remain in the straw at the threshing. Two per cent of the ten per ceirt might have become seconds j wheat. I have employed Luscombe before, and knew he was perfectly competent. The machme was too widely set, and if it ( had been properly set it could not have ' threshed as it did. I did not see the ' threshing done, nor did my manager — Button. I don’t know that Luscombe’s - machine was the last to start in the - morning. This wheat was in the stock, ‘ and wheat when in condition for threshing 1 is in better condition when in stock than ( in stack. , His Worship—This is a mere matter of \ opinipn. , ‘ Witness—lf the wheat had been in stack it would have been better for thiesh- , ing on the day that it was threshed. It ‘ would take the wheat time to dry accord ding to the dryness of the air. Luscombe was specially ordered not to thresh at the j time he did until the grain was in condi- 1 tion. I rode ten miles to tell him so, but I don’t know when he began. He evi- j dently disobeyed my orders, and com- . menced threshing. lam assured of this ’ from the state of the straw. He was , thoroughly competent to judge of the j condition of the grain. Only dampness , of the grain could have produced the ‘ whole damage. The buyer very nearly j rejected the sample because of the num- , bor of haulms left on the wheat—this arose from dampness, but the unthreshed ‘ grain arose from the wideness of the ‘ machine. To the latter cause, I attribute 1 the loss I have sustained. I looked at a j portion of each of the two heaps of straw, and judged from the straw that 10 per cent, of the grain had not been threshed, but I do not make that estimate on my judgment alone. I paid Luscombe ss. to Gs. per 1,000 bushels extra on account of ) his position as overseer of the machine. By Mr. Parnell—The amount I de tained from Luscombe was due to him for J wages, and I detained them because 1 sup- , posed I had a legal right-to do so as a set- } off against the damage, but I have learned , that I cannot do so, and have brought this j action, < Mr. O’Reilly then said he applied for the case to be struck out, or the plaintiff ( nonsuited, on the following grounds ( 1. That defendant brought an action last , month in the District Court against Mr. Grigg for the amount which he (Mr. ( Grigg) had detained from Luscombe as damages. Mr. Grigg had taken advantage ; of the fact that Luscombe had not served a copy of the particulars with the sum- ( mens, and he had the case struck out. A , new action was now pending in the Dis : trict Court, and would come on for hear ing on the 15th inst. Mr. Parnell here stood up and objected to these matters being gone into. • 1 Mr. O’Reilly insisted on his right to state his nonsuit points, and eventually his Worship decided to hear Mr. O’Reilly. Mr. O’Reilly then requested that his Worship should stop Mr. Purnell’s con tinued interruptions, and order him to sit down. His Worship told Mr. Purnell to sit down. Mr. Purnell declined to obey the order , of the Court, on the ground that the Court could only give legal orders. He ■ was not a solicitor of this Court, but of , the Supreme Court, and therefore an offi cer of equal standing with his Worship, i There was a time to hear such arguments as Mr to urge, but it was not before the conclusion of Mr Grigg’s evidence. With all deferent?© t© tb© bunch he would decline to sit down, but would stand up as a protest against the irregu- • larity. , 1 His Worship—You put yourself in a very peculiar position —in that of contempt ! of Court. . Mr. Purnell —With due deference, I de- 1 dine to sit down, as the order is unlawful. 1 His Worship—Then the only course ] open for me is to commit you to custody 1 for contempt. ] Mr. Purnell —You may commit me to ] custody if you like. It would not be the ( first unlawful thing done in this Court. His Worship Constable, take Mr. 1 Purnell into custody. 1 Mr. Purnell (to Constable Warring)—l wish j r ou to understand that I hold you personally responsible. i Constable Warring—l can only obey the i order of the Magistrate. ’ His V. orship—l will give you half-an- ; hour to re-consider your conduct, Mr. j Purnell. < Mr. Purnell —I want no further con- ( sidcration. ( His Worship—Then in consequence of | your persistent contempt of Court, I sen- ] tence you to seven days’ imprisonment. , Mr. Hurrell, make out a warrant of com- ; mittment. His Worship having ordered the Clerk ] to take a note of what Mr. Purnell had ( said in reply to his Worship’s orders, and , the language used by Mr. Purnell con- l stituting the contempt of Court for which ■ he was committed, Mr. Purnell protested ; against what was written down. His ( Worship said he would not have put down < just what Mr. Purnell liked, but what he ' (his Worship) ordered. Mr. Purnell was then taken away in 1 custody. 1 The case then proceeded. i After Mr. O’Reilly continued his ad dsess to the Bench. After he had sat down Mr. Grigg, who had, undertaken the conduct of ois own case, after being de prived of his counsel’s services, explained that the case was not in any way to be confounded with the case pending in the District Court. The amounts were not the same. Luscombe sued in the District Court for the money due to him ; Mr. Grigg in the R.M. Court for the money duetto him. The one amount was L 23 j odds, the other was LSO. i Mr. O’Reilly said the account rendered ] to defendant by Mr. Grigg showed con- c clusively that the ground of action was the same in either case. Mr. Grigg had < assessed his own damages and retained i the amount, how could he then come into £ [the Court and sue for the money he 1

here mon certainly the most he (Mr. O’Reilly) had "Ever heard of. His Worship would hear further evi dence. Thomas Black, sworn - I know the “ bend ” paddock -where the threshing took place, and examined the straw care fully. The work was badly done. The straw had not been well threshed. About a tenth of the grain was left in tire straw unthreshed. Did not look much chaff. But when lifting the covers off the stacks of straw, the quantity of loose grain that was on the covers caused me to make an examination of the straw, and thus I found that it had been badly threshed. The wheat was good wheat. I saw it when growing and when reaped ; but did not examine the sacks. There was a little rust in the paddock, hut the rusty part was not cut —not , because it was rusty, but because it was a light crop on wet land, and not a bit of good. I am foreman ploughman. I suppose the wheat was not in condition for threshing, otherwise the damage would not have_oc curred. The wheat was threshed too damp ; and it had evidently been given to the machine faster than she could thresh it. Shrivelled grain may have stuck to the straw, but good grain would have come out of it were it dry. The wheat was a good sample. Did not remember saying anything to Luscombe regarding the sample. Thomas Taylor, farmer, Waterton —At Mr. Grigg’s request, I went with Mr. Bishop to examine some straw in the “ bend ” paddock. Took up several bundles, and took 40 heads at random. Out of these we rubbed 76 grains. In another place, out of 90 heads wo rubbed 222 grains ; out of 21 picked heads we rubbed 127 grains. The straw is by no means clean threshed. Have never seen a worse job of threshing in my life—only one in my experience. The grain was a good sample, and we were struck to see such a quantity of a good sample grain left in the straw. Towards the centre of the sheaves the threshing appeared to be not nearly so well done as the outside, from the sheaves having been fed too thick. White tuscan wheat is the worst wheat to thresh in my experience. It should be in particularly good condition, but with careful werk, it can be threshed as clean as any other. It should be fed diagonally into the machine. A few heads of the grain contained shrivelled wheat, but very little. I only saw the straw last Tuesday, and I could not tell at that late date after the threshing whether the wheat was too damp. There was an average of 2J grains to the head left. I saw no rust, but plenty of rats in the stacks. James Bishop, farmer, gave corrobora tive evidence. John Hewston, fed the machine at the threshing. Luscombe had charge of the machine. He told me to hurry through the work. The wheat was very carefully put through the machine. There was rust in the wheat put through, and rusty wheat, being tougher than clean wheat, is not so easily separated from the husks. There was a slight cloud of rod rust com ing out of the machine all day. I believe the concave was kept close during the oat threshing. It was put so close during the oat threshing that it knocked fire, and I don’t think Luscombe altered it for the wheat. Luscombe screwed it up closer than ever I have seen it closed, and I once had to sing out that it was knocking. I attribute the bad threshing to rust and to damp, but 1 could not say which was the most active cause. There was only one other machine threshing from the stock, and it always started before we did. We waited for it, in fact. It threshed winter wheat, which dries more readily than Tuscan wheat, so that the machine on the winter wheat could start earlier. The clover in the Tuscan wheat sheaves would help to retain the wet. I don’t think Luscombe started too soon after tbs rain. One grain to the head left in the straw would be a fair average, but two would be too high. By the Bench—ln conversation with Mr. Grigg, I simply denied any responsi bility on my part for any bad threshing, as I was not in charge of the machine, but I did not admit that the threshing was bad. Mr. Taylor, recalled—l cannot think that there could have been mush rust in a crop that showed such a good sample as that I examined in Mr. Grigg’s paddock. One grain per head left in the straw would he too high an average. MR. PURNELL’S OFFENCE PAR DONED. At this stage, Mr. - I'urncll, with the Mayor, Mr. John Orr, Mr. Branson, and others entered the Court. His Worship—l understand, Mr. Pur nell, you have a statement to make. Mr! Purnell—Yes, your Worship. At the suggestion of friends I have come to make a statement, as there may be some misapprehension in your Worship’s mind as to the reason why I persisted in declin ing to sit down. I acted simply in the interests of my client, and had no desire to be guilty of contempt of Court. His Worship—l am very glad that you have seen fit to make even this qualified apology, and you are therefore discharged. The threshing case began again. Mr. O’Reilly then addressed the Court on another nonsuit point, namely, that in the evidence of Hewston, plaintiff s witness, it was conclusively proved that Luscombe performed his work with the greatest care, and the alleged damage was caused by tne rust in the wheat and the cla.'.ser in the crop—causes over which defendant had no control. Hewston was the only witness who could, from his own knowledge, testify as to the facts. He was plaintiff’s witness, and on his evidence a nonsuit should go. Mr. Grigg then addressed the Court. Mr. O’Reilly had adroitly made use of the evidence of Hewston, but his Worship would bear in mind that Hewston, though brought to Cuurt for plaintiff, was .really a partj to the defence. His wages had also been detained, and in that case his evidence was not of anything like the value that of two practical men was like Messrs. Taylor and Bishop. After Mr. Grigg had spoken, his Worship said he would hear more evidence before deciding on the nonsuit point, and adjourned the case till that day week. The Court then rose.

PARLIAMENTARY.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,

Thursday, July 2. The House met at 2.30. .Mr. Fox gave notice to move the insertion of a clause in the Education Act, authorising the reading of the Bible in public schools subject to a conscience clause and a time table. In reply to questions it was stated that Government was of opinion it would be a great misfortune of deferred payment settlers in arrears were turned off their land, and that Government would, as far

Credited to the Railway Department on account of special rains ordered by Ministers during the jeriod from Ist July, 1878, to 30th _Sep ;ember, 1879, was LSG9. —The Middle ' island Native Claims Commission had not ■eported, and Government did not know vhen they would. The Commissioners had ;ost L 1,7 00, and Government had refused 'urther supplies until the Commissioners lad informed them as to what they had lone. Mr. Hamlin explained that he had visited the Waimato plains, with he view of ascertaining how far ;ertain reports about the road in course of formation were correct. He reached ■itoney River on the 24th ult., and the iollowing morning rode two miles in the iirection of Parihaka, and then turned at ight rnglos, when he found a road two drains wide and two miles long. There were several streams at that road not bridged yet, which rendered the road impassable for vehicles, though it could be used by equestrians. From the end of the two miles it was continued to the present camp, near Parihaka, by a good track twenty to thirty feet wide. This part of the road was perfectly traversable ; the other part of it was not, as the approaches to the culverts weEe not completed. Mr. Bryce said the,statement made was quite correct. In accordance with what ho had staled the other day, he had him self driven from Parihaka to New Plymouth, a distance of thirty miles, in four and a quarter hours, and the only instance where they had to leave the road was at a place where the culverts were not filled up. The Election Petitions and Pharmacy Bills were reported, read a third time, and passed. In Committee the Licinsing Bill was further considered. The House adjourned at 5.30 p.m.

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' X ‘.‘Sir, I have for a long time suffered from a severe cough and tried all manner of remedies. Dr. Liberecht advised-PO W ELI AS BALSAM of ANISEED; it cured me after a few days. You are at liberty to use this letter in hopes that others may benefit by it.—■ I am, Sir, Yours. &c., ALBERT COUNT POTOCKI.” pOWELL’S BALSAM OF ANISEED WILL LOOSEN the PHLEGM imme diately.—The Dean of Westminster’s Verger writes : “ I was advised to try the Balsam of Aniseed; I did, and have found great relief. It is most comforting in allaying irritation and giving strength to the voice.” Lionel Brouj-h, Esq., the eminent actor, writes : I think it an invaluable medicine for members of my profession, and have always : recommended it to my brother and sister artistes.” 'TRULY an EXTRAORDINARY EX i PECTORaNT.— Mr. Edward M. Ullett, of Bury, Hunts., writes to Messrs. Palmer.& Son, Ramsay “ Having been in the habit o using Powell’s Balsam of Aniseed for a great number of years, I have great pleasure in bear ing testimony to its incomparable efibcts-asAn;. i expectorant. I always find a single dose gives - immediate relief, and a small bottle effects a “ perfect cure.” . POWELL’S BALSAM of ANISEED.— The effects of one feaspoonful taken in a little water before going to bed is extraordinary. No family should be without it in the winter. Sold by Chemists and Medicine. Vendors, throughout the World, is I >£d and zs 3d per per bottle; a great saving in taking family bottles, ns each. Established over 50 years. , Prepared only by THOMAS POWELL, Blackfriars Road, London. ASK for POWELL’S BALSAM -of ANISEED . SOLD by all CHEMISTS and STORE KEEPERS. Observe the Trade Mark, “Lion, Net, and Mouse.” ■' . Wholesale Agents' in the Australian and New Zealand Colonies -Elliot Brothers; Eyers & Solomon ; Felton, Grlmwalde, & Co. ; P. and S. Falk, Faulding & Co., Rocke, Tosirsir, & Co. ; Rose.ntiiall & Co.; Kempthorne, Prosser, & Co.; S. Hjffenung & Co.; Hemmons, Laws, & Co. ; Berkley, Taylor, & Co.; and all other wholesale houses. Proprietor—Thomas Powell, Blackfriars Road London. ' - : A DYIGE TO MOTHERS.—Are you ./\ broken in your rest by a sick child, . suffering with the pain of cutting teeth t Go at once to the chemist and get a bottle of Mrs. WINSLOW’S SOOTHING SYRUP. It will relieve the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harmless ; ■ it produces natural, quiet sleep by reliev ing the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes “ as bright as a button. ” It has been in use in America, and is highly recommended by medical men. It is very pleasant to take; it sooths the child ; it softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for dysentry and diarrhoea, whether arising from • eething or other causes. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, and see that “Curtis and Perkins, New York and London,” is on the outside wrapper. No mother should be without it. Sold by all medicine dealers, at Is. > l|d. —Depot, 493, Oxford street. ALUABLE DISCOVERY for-*the HAIR. A very nicely perfumed Hairdressing, called THE MEXICAN HAIR RE NEWER, now being sold by most Che mists and perfumers througout the coun try, at 3s.' 6d. per bottle, is fast super ceding all the old restorers and dyes for the purpose of changing-grey or white hair to its natural original color, for it will positively restore the hair in every case of greyness to its original color, with out dyeing it Or leaving that offensive smell which most of the hair preparations of the day do. This preparation has never been known to fail in restoring the hair to its natural color and gloss in from eight to twelve days. It promotes growth and prevents the hair falling out, eradicating dandruff, and leaving the scalp in a clean, healthy condition. It imparts peculiar vitality to the roots of the hair, restoring, it to its youthful freshness and vigor. Daily applications of this preparation for a week or two will surely restore faded', grey, or white hair to its natural color and richness. It is not a dye, nor does it con tain any coloring matter or offensive;, substance, whatever. Hence it does not , : soil the hands, the scalp, or even white linen, but produces the color within the substance of the hair. Read the follow-' ing from Mr. Nathan Berry, Walkden; “ One of my customers told me the other day he had had grey hair for thirty-five years, and after using one bottle of the Mexican Hair Renewer.l sold him, it was restored to and kept its natural color.” It may be had of any, respectable Chemist, Perfumer, or Dealer, in toilet articles in the kingdom, at 3s. 6d. per bottle.—Prepared by HENRY 0. G ALLUP, No. 493, Oxford street, London.