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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9434, 4 June 1896, Page 5

THE STUART MEMORIAL. The Stu»rt Memorial Committee have lied to the D une< *' n City Council for to erect the statue to the late J* r ' Siaar t near the Triangle, opposite the elation. GOLDKN WEDDING. Dr. Hi»lop (ex-UiulcrSecretary for EdncaD j »nd Mrs Jlialop celebrated their elilen wedding on Tuesday at Danedin. CARGO OF THE S.H. WAIKATO. Ida New Z.aVad Shipping Compauy are collecting iv general average of 1 per cent. a the cargo of iho Waikato, owing to the fire »nd d»mag<J resulting to the cargo from wnter. CERTIFICATE OF MERIT. lit H. C. Mosley, of the Wellington (Telephone Excliaoge, ia awarded the Uoyal Ha«J*«e Society oE Australasia* certificate of merit for «avini» tl;e maa Christie from drowning on April 2let^ NATIONAL SCHOOLS DEFENCE. A meetiug i 3 called at Wellington for FriJ*y t0 * orm a ttt ' or:ft l Schools Dittoes Agiociation. I» order to make up for the excluiion tf the Bible from the ordinary eurrJcalum, it is proposed to organise a band o f teacher* who shall give unsectarian w lioiou*iu»'.racur>!> in public schools after jbehourjappointed for school duties. PUNEDIN* BENEVOLENT TRUSTEES. At * meeting of the Danedin Benevolent Iroeteee yesterday it was reported that, as compMcd with May last year, there ia au i<icre«e i» tho number receiving relief of 20 into, 24 wciiicn, unci 20 children. It W (rtd«c'ded to apply to the Supreme Court for* mandamus valliu>j> on tho Charitable Aid Board to pay tho amount requisitioned for l»y the Benevolent Trustees. Counsel's opjaion on the point \s:n that the Charitable Aid Board, if it thoiigitb tho uinount exceisive, should have to the Colonial tecretarj. WARD FARMERS , ASSOCIATION. A Press Asiociation telegram from Dunedm sUtes that an application will Iβ m»de to Mr Justico Williams on Fridiy to approve of the offer of Messrs Smitli and J. 15. Keid for the purchase from the Liquidators of the Colonial Bank of the assets ol the Ward F*rmere' Association fur £62,000. From the affidavits it appears that £55,000 was sliced to the credit of the Association, ih«t Mr V/ard became liable for this amount, giving eecntity for the payment tbtteol to thu Ikrik, und thai since he did so, bu Meets hive within the last aix months rfeprecieted considerably, and upon Nelson's ihires £14,000 ulone. Kecent investigations of the ofFcina of tho Farmers' Association ittow tlmt a largo mimhur of the debts owUt(| thereto are either doubtful or bad. Mi tiaggitl leprcsentu the liquidator*, Mr W. MitGrcgor several shareholders, and iUuts and Braund of Wellington alio appear, so that thero will be a legal .fidd day. The O(aj;o Daily Times belttves that the total amount due to the Colonial jfink by tho Association in March last, filter writing off the £55,000 to which nfereneo has so often been nmdo in connection with the agreement between the Banks, vu £92,000.