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FELL SENSELESS. ! -I

:TERRIERS' FELD DAY. ,I

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A HOUSE OM WHEELS. I

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A HOUSE OM WHEELS. I CURIOUS CASE AT THE POLICE COURT. i At. the Police Court on Monday the Urban I Overseers summoned John Eva.ns,baek of Station Road, for the non-payment of rates, and a curious defence was set np by the de- fendant. Mr.S. N. Powell stated that. the rates amounted to £.1 2s. 8d. Defendant: Do you consider this to be a house ? Mr. Powell: Yes, seeing that you have been living in it for eighteen months. It is one of the iinest little houses I 1'ave been in in my life. Defendant: I am. sorry to say that it only exists in your mind. I .contend that it is only a stage waggon, according- to Dickens, and I r i is St-i,! [ ii-.L eoiirse ?,, f not chouse. The waggon is stiR in course of construction, and I occupied it because I could not nnd a house that I could afford to pay the rent of. The caravan is on four wheels, and is on premises in respect of which rates are already paid. It is inside the workshop premises, in course of construction, and is there.for.e not assessable under the Rating' Act. Mr. Powell said the defendant had never object.ed to the rate before the Assessment Committee, although lie had been in-.ited to do so. The Magistrates'Clerk: But he says that the premises are included in premises already assessed. Is that so or not? Mr. Powell: No, sir. I The Magistrates' Clerk: What dc.es the liousecon&istof? Mr. PoweiL replied that it consisted ot a building with a drawing-room, kitchen, and bedrooms. Mr. Pow'ell said the defendant could appeal against the order. Defendant drew attention to the caravans on the Fair Feld, which were used as dwell- ings, in respect of which no assessment was made. Mr. PoweTl: But rates are paid for that ground, and they have only been there for a week or so, whereas you have been living in this house for eighteen months. The Magistrates's Clerk: How do you sug- gest to their worships that it is not a dwelling house ? Defendant: It. cannot ho .a dwelling-house, because it is on wheels. The Presiding Magistrate: But the wheels do not turn. The caravan may be there for twenty years. Replying to Mr. Powell, defendant stated that he had a wife and two children, who slept in the caravan. The Magistrates' Clerk (to Mr. Powell): Do you say that this building is separately assessed from the worshop altogether? Mr. Powell: Yes, sir. In reply to the Bench, Mr. *Powell said the workshop was rated at £5 10s., and what the defendant described as the caravan wa.s as- sessed .at £8 10s. The Presiding Magistrate: What do you say will be the value of this caravan when it is completed? Defendant: I will sell it to-day and deliver it to any party":f the 'county at Mr. Powell's rating, and that would be <E85. After defendant had made quotations from the Factory Act the Bench decided to issue a warrant for the payment of the amount.

I EisteAdfod at Uandefeiiog.

THEFT OF BOOTS.I

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COUfCIL ArD T P, E BPîNK LOAN.…

!. SHi-EPWORRYING. I

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