Cross-examined by Mr Peters : You did ask me if I still had that horse before you bought him. I said the price was £20. You did not ask mo to give you a trial of the horse. — Andrew Peters, the defendant, deposed that he was driving on the Taupo road in September last. The plaintiff Kennedy had a horse which had been running in the coach before. He said the price of the horse would be £20. Defendant said that, con sidering the number of things he had done for plaintiff, and never charged for he ouaht not to charge him for the uso of the horse if it turned out, after tzy ing him, that he did not suit him. Plaintiff said " Certainly not ; if he does not suit you I shall not charge for him." He kept the horse for nine weeks. One day he commenced kicking whilst going down a hill, and he .(Peters) sent him back next day. He did agree to give Kennedy £20 for the horse if he suited him, but nothing was said about charging for his use if he did not suit. By the Bench : I should have taken the horse whether I lost the contract or not, if he had not commenced kicking whilst he was in the coach. The Bench said judgment would be for plaintiff for amount claimed, with solicitors fee, £l Is. Judgment Vould be stayed for 14 days, to enable Mr Peters to bring a cross-action which he had given notice of. There was no other business. To-day being Good Friday, Divine service will be held in the Church of St. John the Evangelist, at 11 o'clock in the morning, and again at 7 o'clock in the evening. On Sunday next tho usual children's service in the afternoon will be omitted, school being held instead at the Protestant Hall. In our report on Tuesday of the meeting of the Education Board it was stated that the Rev. Mr Sidey dissented from the resolution to purchase the sections at Meanee and " Hastings. Mr Sidey ob jected only to the purchase of the Hastings-sections, and he did so because there was no appropriation for the pur chase. 