BANKRUPTCY COURT.

Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 49, 26 August 1895, Page 3

BANKRUPTCY COURT.

This" Dat. (Before His Honour the Chief Justice.) dischabgis.The following applications for discharge were dealt with :t- " • Hush M'Farlane, railway employ^, was granted an unconditional disoharge. Hugh Downes, lighterman, for whom Mr. Thompson appeared, said that he was at present supporting a large family on £2 a week. The Assignee said the case appeared to be one of pure misfortune. Discharge granted. F. W. Beale, for whom Mr. Campbell apBeared^ was also given his disohaTrge, it having been recommended by his creditors. As regards the application of Jonathan Bidmead, bushman, 'the Assignee said the bankrupt's wife had property whioh was stated to have been bought with her earnings. Bankrupt said that none of his money was put into the house, the payments being made by his wife entirely out of her earnings. He was bankrupt in 1881, and never got his diaoharge. His Honour adjourned the case until the next sittings. Mr. Devine supported the application of Thomas Howell, storekeeper, who said ha was 64 yeara of age, and was not earning anything at present. Bis wife had houßs property whioh brought in a little when let, but he depended mainly on his aon for subsistence. -His bankruptcy was dno to Unsuccessful litigation. His Honour thought the debtor had incurred debts when he knew he was ineolvent, and he suspended the discharge for three months. The application of James Dunn, miner, was opposed by Mr. Hindmarah on behalf of several creditors. Mr. Jelliooe appeared on behalf of the bankrupt, who said he was now employed on the drainage. works oa foreman. Heexpeoted to receive,, money on the death of his mother, nowon, ' Amerioa. Asked whether his mother ■ was' ,nat , in. receipt of oharitable aid, he replied, that, she was not. He had never told any of his creditors that he exp'eoted to oome in for J89000.-' Sib father left abont .£BOOO, and he was entitled to one-seventh of what remained after his mother's death. His Honour said the debtor oould get his discharge subjeot to his oonfesßing judgment for .£25, and assigning to his oreditors his interest under hie father's will. Mr. Hislop, in supporting the application of Thomas Diokson, storekeeper, submitted that the bankrupt had all along been desirous of paying his oreditors, and the unfortunate ooneeqnenqe w*s not the result of any intention of injuring his creditors, but a mistaken ' calculation as to the remunerative oharaoter of his. business and his ability to meet bis liabilities. ■ The condition of his books was due to his ignorance of bookkeeping. ■ The mistakes 'were not the result ofj reoklessness, and he submitted that the oase wonld be met by a slight mark of the disapproval of the Court with regard to the -matters which had been pointed out by the Offioiol Assignee in his report on the oase. The Official Assignee said - that, - allowing a reasonable margin, the debts wete short stated by .£IOOO or .£I2OO. The estate, though carefully realised, would come out about 4s in the • £ at tho very most. The debtor must. have known his position for , some time, and it was absurd of him to Bay that his system of book-keeping was suoh as existed in . the trade. In .his experience of twelve years he had seldom seen a worse case of bad book-keeping. He did not believe the .debtor, intended any fraud in not taking any steps to asoertain his position before. His Honour said it was some years sinoe the Legislature warned traders^that they mnst keep proper books,, and the' bankrupt had been warned like others. "■ He oould' not paaa over the present oase. The discharge- -would be suspended for twelvftmohtoß. ' Henry Grimes; hotelkeeper, who became bankrupt in 1888, was granted his disoharge; and the application of William Knight (Mr. Hall for the applicant), transferred from Palmerston North, was adjourned until the 11th Ootober. 4 ■ ■ A case in which the Official Assignee is applying to the Conrt to set aside oertain settlements and dealings in property and money made by Charles Collier, wool-olasser, » bankrupt, was adjourned for hearing until next Monday. ' The next ordinary sitting of the Bank- ' ruptoy Court was fixed for the 11th October. Recognising the fact that copper is rerlaoing iron the world over as an effioient oon* Snotor of eleotrioity, the Telegraph Department is gradually, substituting oopper wires for the old iron wires employed on the telegraph lines. - Snoh » oopper wire runn between Blenheim and Kaikoura and Wellington and .between Cbristohuroh and Waipara : and in a ahort time the gap will be oomplet«d, and the eleotrioal distanoe between Wellington and Christohuroh praotioaJly reduoed from a long oirouit to a - rt ?£ c ; a Th », il P n 71"7 1 " in use has a resiatjnce ol 16. unite to thejmile, while that of the oopptr wire, whioh is replacing it is only five units. The v oopper wire is also less Iwblsto become oxydwed. The Department intend. iin famMg.liave a copper wire from Wellington to Dniwdin, and. also from this - pity right through to Auokland. The work upon the North Island seotions is now 'proceeding, though the completion of the reform will necessarily take some time. ■JJ 1 *- j*- ,E, E - Grejn»wjT, the well-known actor, has to lay by in Wellington for a few months prior to deputing for South Afrioa *° i?uj Mr- W. J.%olloway. He proposes tp rill in this time by taking pupils in, oloouPOllP 011 »nd ooaohing amateurs. Mr. Greenaway lh"uld^fy°lum O weJl. eXPerienoei ' wWd!

Via. Batohelor and Lindo Ferguson (Dot edin), and Cahill (Wellington), waited on th Premier to-day on behalf of the Medloe Congrese, whioh is to meet at Dunedin i February next. Mr. Pinkerton introduce! the deputation, wbioh asked that cheap rail way fares be arranged for the New Zettlan. delegatps, sad that Government nndertik the printing of the " Transactions " of th. Congress. _ The Government had alreadagreed to issue free railway passes to th' Australian delegates. The Premier promise! that Cabinet wonld oonsider the request a to printing, and also the qneation of takini steps to make th* Btay of the visitor pleasant, but oould not grant rednoed farei to the New Zealand delegates. # The otao of Knigge v. Knigge, whioh gav< VV S c il 80ma faroio »l proceedings whej De tore the Supreme Court about a month ago was oalled on again this afternoon bufow the Chief Justice. The plaintiff's claim wu for a dissolution of partnership in regarc to a restaurant businea*. whioh he olaimec to have carried on with his wife, or in tht alternative wages for his services- at °^?r" , r pittJohff «M as before, appeared with Mr. Yon Sohoeneberg as his interpreter, handed in letters to His Honour explaining that he had not been able since the adjournment- to proco.ro legal assistance in proseouting his -olaim. His Honour said it wag absurd to go 00 withont counsel. Plaintiff's interpreter know as }!™le about Court procedure as the plain* tiff did himself. Mr. Hislop, Who appeared for Mrs. Kniggo, said his olient had offered the plaintiff .£75 and a passage to Germany in s itlement, but he had refused to accept it. His Honouf asked the plaintiff if he wonld accept tbote terms now, but Knigge luplied he would not. His Hononr said in that case he must go on with this action, but 'it must be understood that Mr. Yon Sohoeneberg was not going to aot as his solicitor. Plaintiff stated that he had no witnesses, and added something about there being no case. His Honour said there was a ease, and if he (the plaintiff) did not proceed he would be nonsuited. Plaintiff and bis interpreter having consulted, withdrew to the body of the Court, and as they refused to oorae forward when called, judgment was entorod np for the defendant with costs according to scale. Mr. Charles Callis has been appointed Seorstary of the Wellington Horticultural and Klorihts 1 Society. There were 15 applications. To the Gelling of cjclcs there is no end, and the increased rogue of tho machines in Wellington 18 leading to the opening up of new agencies. Waller, Myhre 4 Co., of Chrfstchurch, manufacturers of the well-known "Sapid" cyolee, are the latest to open a Wellington agency, and the effigy of a highly-coloured rider, mounted on a machine at premises opposite the Royal Oak Hotel, has attracted much attention during the last few days. I Mr. L. Cerchi » established in theie premises as agent, and will also effect repairs. He has an assortment efthe"Bapid" makes onnew— machines for both sexea. English-mode " Swift " eyelet are also exhibited, one of them fitted with the latest notion— hickory rims— forwhich manyodrantiige* are claimed. On the premises is an eaameUinjr oven. Bifobjc stook-taking, which takes place in a few days, I shall offer the following extraordinary bargains I— ladies' last season's three-quarter jaokets, worth 19s 6d, for 2s lid, 25s for 5s lid j a few lined cloaks, 37s 6d for 10s 6d ; ladies' skirts, 3s 6d for Is 6d ; a few real bear boas, 60s for 355; a few dressing gowns, 12* 9.i for 7s lid : an odd lot of oorseta, worth 4s 6d to 6s 6d, for 2s lid ; balance of French pattern bonnets, worth 17s 6d to 255, for 3s lid, 5s lid ; untrimmod felt hats, good shapes, Id each, at C. Smith's, the Cash Draper, Cnba-stteet. — Advt. for continuation 0) rmuung nuttur fo fourth page. .