DOMINION DOINGS

Evening Star, Issue 18057, 26 August 1922, Page 8

DOMINION DOINGS

r f creditors in the estate of Jolm Muir laborer, Stirling, bankrupt, was held at the courthouse, Batelutha, .m Thursday. The total debts were £268 -18 s 9d, and the assets £44 14s 2d. Bankrupt's statement was as follows:—I leased a farm at btirhng on March 1, 1917, from my fathers trustees at a rental of £250 per annum. The stock and implements were supplied by the trustees, and 1 obtained advances from a stock companv on. the slock and implements. I just mariWd to clear expenses until about twelve months ago, when I started to get behind. , J IT trustees sold the farm in December, 1921, along with the stock, and the proceeds of stock were paid to the stock ocmipany, who were secured by a bill of sale. Tim oakucm of proceeds of stock {£2oo Is was paid by the oornpanv to my xa.’tiiyrfl trustees, and went n-guhus}* re ;if» and interest owing by me to them, f suffered a severe loss on my oat crop last year. I attribute inv position to hick of capital. I was paring rel ;t, f or the farm, interest on the stock supplied by the tms.ees, and interest on advances on the stock. A letter from Stewart and Payne,- sol letters for the bankrupt father's ©state, was to tiio effect that bankrupt was entitled to a sixth share in the estate (Urn net value of which was £8.170) on, the death of his mother, but against this bankrupt owed wi© estate £1,20u. bftn.rin.fj inleivst :t! 5 per cent. The'meeting was adjourned sip© die, the assignee to bo askd to snti.vy himself as to the bankrupt’s statement that his wife owned the furniture .'insured for £150). The strike at the Ngakawau mine (\W»t Coast) over the alleged victimisation of an engine driver still continues. The dispute centres round the interpretation of a clause in tho Inspection of Machinery Act- velating to the supervision of boilers nnd -m----gines, tho man about whom the strike developed contending that lie should have an assistant to help- him in attending the boilers._ At the present time a' committee consisting of the chief inspector of machinery and two representatives from the employers and the Miners’ Union iV Endeavoring to -effect a settlement of (be trouble. It is stated that if the negotiations break down there is a risk of -Ml the miners on tho West Coast goinc- ou+ in .sympathy with the Xgakawan men. The Miners’ Federation is interested' in the matter, and the possibility of calling-out the men on the coast has been considered 1 by that body. The figures for the past freezing ser-m at tho three Otago works at Pukenri, Burnside, and South Otago show an ncreasa of some 36,000 carcasses as compared with last year’s figures, fn 1921 the three works put through a total of 490,436, but this year the tot-al reached 531,550. The beef dealt with has been negligible, and owing to low. prices for mutton very little of it has been exported. Tho great hulk of the meat dealt with, therefore, has been lambs. It "would appear that by no mean's the last has been heard of the Wellington tramway-men's dispute. A few daysnigo it was reported that tho mayor stated that most, of the matters in dispute had been settled, and that the chief matter outstanding was that of wages, which Hihad been agreed to refer to the Arbitration Court for settlement. Asked yesterday whether the mayor’s statement 'was correct, Mr A. L. Monteith, secretary of the Tramwaymcn’s Union, staled: “Y know of no agreement whereby the .Wellington Tramwaymen’s Union -has agreed to proceed to the Arbitration Court.” An innovation in regard to traffic control lias been instituted in certain streets of Wellington. Signposts bearing the injunction, “Keep to tho left,” have been placed in the middle of' Feathers!on street, outside tho Post Office, and at tho corner of Lambton quay and Panama street. The posts wore placed in posit-ion at the instigation of the city traffic department, and it Is stated that they have had a good effect in keeping the traffic to tho left-hand side of the thoroughfares mentioned. To-day it is _ proposed to place posts bearing red discs in certain- Streets, indicating that motor cars may be parked there.