NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1008, 24 December 1910, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(By TelcEraph.—Press Association.) <h— THE RIGHT KIND OF BANKRUPT. WILL PAY £3 IN THE £. Christchurch, December 23. A curious position was revealed at a meeting of creditors in the estate of A. 0. Cross, general outfitter, Lyttelton. Bankrupt stated he had been unable to meet a bill, and decided to file, in order to give all the creditors an equal chance He.assessed his debts to unat™l25 C itors at £115 and bis asseta The Official Assignee said Cross did not know tho true position. The stock SnT i\ a t S l over £20 °. and the book debts £170, and the estate would pay two or.three pounds in the pound. -COMPULSORY TECHNICS. FIRST COMMITTEE TO MOTE, Chmo m • A { u * ,an "» December 23. cent « °- Ao VP assed during the rethat TZ of , providS mitL th o T hc ? t10 ? of a sci °°l comwM 4« Board of Education .may, with the concurrence of tho Minister make regulations requiring tie atW a ice at tecVical elates S'm j '!- not oth «wise receiving suitable education, or who aTe not sncci firs; b ? -S«'aW :■ of +1, v! Dom , mi ™ to take advantage ot the above clause is the Devonport School Committee. 'Af their meetSig last evening ,t was resolved to make ap! phcat.on to have the clause brougfc into operation at Devonport. CHRISTCHURCH MAYORALTY* AN INTERESTING CAMPAIGN; Christchurch, December 23. -There are prospects -of-a- lengthy and 2,1 '£ g <» m P«gtt- for the Christ, church Mayoralty In addition to Mr. ■T. E. M.P., Mr; C. Allison (present Mayor), and Dr. Henry Slacker will bo candidates, and it a probable that Mr. G. W. Russell, M P wUI also enter the field. Mr. Taylor ***■ adopted as the candidate of tne_ ; labour,., organisations, which intend to take an active part in tie cam- f E ai gu-. , '"..;■■"■ FIRE BOARD INQUIRY. Dunedln, December 23. ' At a meeting of the Dunedin Firt Board to-day it was decided to exercisa the power conferred by Section 46 of' the Fire Brigades ■ Act, 1908, and require the coroner to hold an inquestf regarding the fire in Brydone Hall Jasi night. • > \