LATE TELEGRAMS.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XXI, Issue 1106, 12 February 1891, Page 3

LATE TELEGRAMS.

i By-Electric Telegraph. (BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) Dcsedin, Fcl>. 12. An inmate of the Ashlmrton Old Jlen's Home, named Neil Campbell, died on Tuesday, aged 102. Messrs. Pinberton and Earnsbaw, M.H.R.S visit Oamaru this week to deliver addresses there: The election for the Northern Maori seat, vacant by thfe death of Sydney Tawhangi, took place yesterday and resulted in the return of Eparama Temutu Kapn, wli-» polled 117 mbie than tlie tieit candidate. There were six aspirants f<r the seat. A large number of sheep are bding brought into Southern Ofcago: and Southland from North Canterbury for fattening. Seven thousand were received l>y train during the past few days, and more are to come. The latest prices about the Dunedin Cup are 2to 1 Hilda, 3to 1 Prime Warden, 4 to 1 Occident, 5 to 1 Freedom and Crackshot. At the meeting of creditors jui the" estate of Silas Ho re; storekeeper, Naseby, seven creditors were present. The bankrupt's statement showed liabilities at £S4O and assets £S33, of which amount £456 consisted of book debts. The assignee stated that the book debts were not likely to realise anything like £450, and the assets might be reduced to one-half. The reason bank upt was obliged to file was apparently owing to the failure of the Nenthorn gcldneldj l>y reason of which he was unable to carry out an agreement made some time ago for a composition of 12s. 6d. in the £. Bankrupt was allowed £2 weekly for four weeks, after which the meeting adjourned. The attention of Justice will b© occupied jn the Supreme Court, InvercargiH/ to-day with a case in which lan S. Simpson,formerly auctioneer aud ex-mayor of (.ic,reclaims £IO,OOO from the Colonial Bank and T. W. Elsworth (plaintiffs late partner).