SITTINGS IN BANKRUPTCY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 65, 19 March 1869, Page 2

SITTINGS IN BANKRUPTCY.

[Before his Honor Mr. Justice Richmond.] This Day. IN BE JOSEPH DEMPSEY. Aii application having been made at a previous sitting to set «side tho adjudication herein of the Deputy-Registrar at Blenheim, on which occasion a rule nisi was granted, His Honor at to-day's sittings made the rule absolute on the following grouuds: — That under sections 14 and 15 of the Bankruptcy Act, the DeputyRegistrar has not the powers claimed by him ; and further, that there is no enactment of the Legislature giving generally all the powers of tlie Registrar to the Deputy; and, moreover, that in Part 2 of the Bankruptcy Act, a Deputy is mentioned in Section 22, from which it may be inferred, that where a Deputy is not mentioned he has no jurisdiction, the intention of tho Legislature seeming to be that in each judicial district there should be one Judge and one Registrar, the latter to be an occasional substitute for the Judge. It mny be presumed therefore that thare was uo intention on the part of the Legislature to create any such jurisdiction, or it would have said so in plain terms. Rifle Shooting. — Lieut. C. Hunter Brown of the City Artillery having presented a Sneider Carbine to be fired for by the members of that Company, the competitors chose yesterday for the trial of their skill, and contested this prize before, shooting for the District prizes. The conditions on which the rifle was to be won were that the ranges should be 200, 300, and 400 yards, at a target 6 feet by 4 feet Hythe position, the highest scorer not to be entitled to the prize unless he made 40 points. At the conclusion of the firing, it was found that Sergt. G. Hodson, who had made the highest score, had not exceeded 33 points, he was therefore not entitled to the Carbine. Government Buildings.— Any of our readers who may have occasion to pass the Government Buildings on the Bridge Street side, cannot fail to notice the very great improvement that has been effected by the levelling of the little bank, by courtesy called a terrace, which so disfigured the grounds in front of the Provincial Hall. In addition to improving the appearauce, this alteration will also prove a great convenience, as carriages will now be able to drive up to the entrauco door. We are also glad to find that those man traps in the shape of iron hoops, which surrounded the shrubbery, have been removed, and would take the opportunity of suggesting that a still further improvement might be effected, by taking up the seedy looking shrubs they enclosed, and substituting for them a handsome fountain, which might easily be done with the ample vater power we have at our disposal. Post-Office Savings Bank. — A notice has been received from the Colonial Treasurer's Office, stating that after the 31st inst., interest calculated at the rate of four, instead of five, per cent, per annum, on sums not exceeding £200, and at the rate of three, instead of four, per cent, on sums over £200, and iu the same proportion, for any shorter time, will be allowed on every complete pound deposited in the Post-office Savings Bank ; provided that no interest will be allowed on more than £-500. The effect of such a reduction, in the rate of interest, we imagine, will be that a!! parties who have mone}' in this institution will at once withdraw it, and place it where retrenchment iu trifles is not the order of the day. Duke of Edinburgh's Ball — There being impressions abroad thatngentleman's ticket for this Ball entitles the holder to take one lady with him, wo have been requested to state that this is not the case. We observe that the Ball Committee meet again to night at seven o'clock. Wesley/an Church Bazaar. —We understand that the results of this bazaar have hitherto proved so satisfactory that it is the intention of the managers to keep it open on this and to morrow afternoons. About £100 was taken yesterday ; the amounts received at the door have been, on the first day, £30, on the second £16 10s. The Volunteer Band was playing in front of the building and the Harmonic Society's Band withiu the Hall, during the greater part of last evening, which proved a great oMractioi).

Gketmouth Races. — We are glad to hear that a telegram has been received in town, stating that the Grey mouth Handicap of £225 has been carried off by Mr Stafford's Nebula, who won a severely contested race by a neck. It is with great regret we notice in the Victorian papers that Mr O'Loughlin, late Crown Prosecutor of Westlaud, is insane, and has been sent to the Yarra Bend Asyium: — " We regret to state," says the Bendigo Evening News of 2nd inst., "that Mr O'Loughlin, barrister, who some years ago was in very good practice at Sandhurst, but emigrated to New Zealand, ■where he met with some reverses, and from whence he returned to this colony not long since, enfeebled inrnindaod body — n complete wreck — was brought up before the Sandhurst bench 10-day, charged by the police with being of unsound mind. He was ordered to be sent to the Yarra Bend, and thus virtually terminates the career of a gentleman possesed of many good qualities, and not devoid of natural abilities, who has fallen another victim to the seductive influences of those drinking passions that are too frequently the bane of our colonial society, and too often bring about the downfall of some our best men." — Grey River Argvs. The Wellington correspondent of the Olago Daily Times says : — " The resignation by Mr Hall of his offices of .Postmaster General and Commissioner of Telegraphs has been officially announced, but be lias not resigned as a member of the Ministry. Mr Richmond will, for a short time, look after the post-office and telegraph department?, ami no new additions ■will be made to the ranks of the Ministry until after Mr Fitzherbert's return. Then efforts will probably be made to strengthen the Government before the House meets. Notwithstanding the part MrTravers took last session, I should not bo at all astonished to see him occupy a seat on the Ministerial benches when the House next meets."