HASTINGS NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 561, 16 July 1909, Page 3

HASTINGS NOTES.

' ■;; '^(ByrToleirroiih.—Special CorresDondont:/ '- : r.-y\ - ; V '■■:' ; j;' ; ' ; > :^: '-■" '"'■ V'Hastlngs, ; ,July.'ls:<:; ~; > *.n ..meeting pf 'creditors in' the : bankrupt 'estato of -H.' .Ghristiahfcyolo -agent.' 'Hastings,..was. held -.this'..•morning. ■'■:■ Mr. -K '' f ; '.?'" Browne ; (Deputy .Official:-' Assignee) oresidecl,;.;.aud,eigh 1 t i creait«ra:were-present. , -•Bankrupt s; Tps.itiou.. was:/Assete4-Stock-in-' trade;.' £30 ;. debts, £92 4s. v 3d..'' estimated .at ;£6O i'.cash ;iri -hand, £2 10s:;- furni-' £20; v,tbta!i: ■;£J12...105;-.: ~ Liabilitiesunsecured, -crediforsj: £597 IOsV 6'd;-. Deficiency; :•£4BoiOsr6d:^Jl3ank'rUpt'<;^l^ade': a .lengthy ■. statement;.-'inVthov course-of which' 6 ; i ? am^! ' to - Hastings, from Hawera' in,a9osS.;and:got jb.urrit.out :in : Ja : riuaryi ,1908, osing; over:.;.£ 100:: ■'.He-.rthen .-left 'Hastings; l £?Vp& : . "is 'W.ife'.Jn. charge' of the-new: shop. Sho-carried : .ori' : th'o : business for .a time, but could, hot sell out.;. Stoct torthe value of £85 was, removed from .the-.shop .to their residence, whioli was ..burnt out. ;,Tbe • stock" wa's lost,,;.:and:. also/the, furniture, ; except-some removed ..to i: AVanganui.:'l3ankrupt v attributed .nis~iailure;:,tdvfirbs;;>and :bad: trade caused' by'■;. the --depression ,in'> the ; - money;. market." ; Bankrupt was; cross-examined 1 at some length' byv .various, creditors;-' and--" Mr; 1 : ■■ Clarkson moved effectath&ibankrupt'be -asked : a fuller statement of-.business transactions,-;,to.be submitted/to:'thevDeputy' Pificial ; ;Assignee;v;-Tbe..m'oti6n-:was carried;: /-! An ; . inquest.;. was; Held ; this before ■ r? ri W-'-Brabaht, v Acting-Corbner; ■■: oil - ; ,tno-bqdy ; of Edward Arthur-Long,'lilled by an .explosion:' of, acetylene;. gas on Tuesday • ,night at .Tomoana' Hall.- -Medical"evidence •was.given and..the following, verdict was returned : : ;That-deceased met:his death owing to',, laceration of;;tho;'■brainV caused'. by. -the; accidental .explosion .• of an 1 - acetylene;: eas' generator.,. ;> '..;" y ■-:,;'a\, :■!■:■■::■ ,;;..';;...,-, r Lodge, >night,Vß ro / ;Wilson, Ul., presided.;-, After routine .'business' was' transacted,, asocial 'was held, thevisitors including, jmembers -from the'three Napier .■■lodges.',., IJuring ,the .evening;, one' of the ilJrps.,- who' illf for '; considerable time,;, was "the .'recipient;, of ,'a ■ presentation fr.orn;'the lodge;.;; , -.".,-:'' ■•-'■''.•"'..;''■■.■•.■ ; ' /'vile hockey matches resulted as ,folIpr:~-Napier 'beatiHastuigsß 'byi goals' to,iul; Oriental A.beat.Albion in :the.junior njateh.by. 4cgoals.to.2r Kia'Ora A V. Kia pra.B.-(ladies);'resultea in a .win-for the A team;.-by-3: to; 2. -/.--;'-;■; v '-"- '•■■ ■V Tlie'executire of the Hawko's-Bay'-Hockey • Association on 1 .Wednesday night, Mr. Hallet t ln; reply. ,to a communication from the Wairarapa Association,, if was decided to play a' representative match' with a team relenting: that body next season if'possible. !.It ! was';also';.decided' that 'a 'representative ;team shpuld-.-visit Poverty Bay'this season