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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXIX, Issue LXIX, 24 May 1915, Page 7

Mrs Sellar and Mr R. G. Sellar will' leave Hawera by .the mail train to-nior- j row (Tuesday) morning. ' Arrangements are well forward for the "hard-up rag social" to be held in | the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday ] evening in aid of the Belgian Relief j fund. A feature of the evening will be the dancing in fancy dress of about a hundred little children," who have been trained by Mrs Walshe. The social promises to be a brilliant success^ and \ the promoters hope to be able to hand | over a substantial amount to the fund. In a letter received by a Christchurch business man from an English firm, the writer says, inter alia:: —"We are all pleased here with the magnificent troops that have already been dispatched by New Zealand, and hope they will play a great and noble part in bringing this great Avar to a successful conclusion." , The application of James White Harding 'for discharge from bankruptcy was granted. The Judge said it was plain that there was no prospect of the bankrupt being able to comply with the resolution of creditors demanding 10s in the £, unless he could induce his wife to give up the property, or a considerable part of the property, her title to which had been confirmed by the Deputy Official Assignee, under direction of the creditors. As the creditors with a full knowledge of all the facts had elected to compromise their claims against the bankrupt's wife, he did not think that it was legitimate to endeavor to compel her to give up the property which ! she had taken under the compromise by opposing her husband's discharge. To give effect to the resolutions of the creditors would most likely result in her being compelled to do so, or in denying the bankrupt's discharge altogether. The circumstances in which the bankrupt made a settlement upon his wife were certainly very unsatisfactory, but the creditors had closed the enquiry into that matter as far as the recovery of the property was conceerned. Two years and a half had now elapsed since the commencement of the proceedings in this bankruptcy, and, unsatisfactory as the circumstances were, he did not think that enough had been proved to him to warrant him further delaying the bankrupt's discharge. # . * The Registr.ar-General estimates the number of Belgian refugees (not including soldiers) in England at the present time at 180,000. This total consists of 65,000 men, 69,000 women, and 46,000 children (under 16). There are, in addition, about 18,000 wounded and convalescent soldiers. Button-makers of Birmingham undertook orders for 72,000,000 of brass buttons for the British Army recently. Made with extreme care from the finest materials. SHARLAND'S Baking Powder is the purest, strongest and CHEAPEST you can buy.—Advt. FACTS FOR. MOTOR CAR BUYERS. The largest and busiest automobile factory in the world is that in which the "Overland" is built. For. next year no fewer than 75,000 "Overlands" "will be produced as aaainst 50,000 this year. And note this: The tremendous output for 1915 has already been contracted for. Dealers all over the world ordered the whole 75,000 within eighteen days. A moment's reflection will convince you that a car so greatly in demand must be worth eveiy penny charged and must give satisfaction to every purchaser. Isn't this the car you want? Get Free Illustrated Booklet. Chief agents for North Island: A. Hatrick and Co., Ltd., Wahgansi.—Advt.