INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XX, Issue 6331, 12 August 1895, Page 4

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

(air rauccHULra.} (not no!** juMoeutfJOft.) WITLLIMJroJ?. August 10

The Stipendiary Magistrate had crm ' KB&tfthttt difficwfiiy to-dw tn. dunlins with the ciw* of Thomas- Dickson, charged wieh. * br»ach of the Bankruptcy Act in Having failed tt> keep proper books. Dtckswr* had been reroandsd for the Prohatiuo Officer's report, and thb was favorable to him. Mr Martin said this ysm the first case of the Kind under the Act, a» in all previous cases there had heart the element of fraud. The Crown hud stated that there was no aotrgestior* of fraud in the present ease, but merely ignorance of the proper way in which boofe* should be kept, He (Mt Martin) had made personal inquittes, and had found than there was truth in the accused'* statements thar, the hoofcsof the firm in which he had learned.. hj» trade and books of retail grocers aeneralfy were fc»pt in t similar manner t«> his nwn. Th* difficulty was to bo* what to do witfc accused. The legislature had made no- distinction between fraudulent bookkeeping and mere ignorance of the proper system. Ha thought the only thing to- do was to bind accused in his own recognisance of LlO to come up for sentence when called upon. Up to one ©'clock to-day 7« married and 33 single men made application for unemployed relief works.

CBAISTCBCItCH. August 10. The teachers and inspectors of the North Canterbury district have resolved to combine to erect a memorial to the lato J. V. Colboroe Veal. A tlve-roomed house near New Brighton has been destroyed by fire. It was insured for LSs<> in the New Zealand Office, and the furniture for L.IOO in the Manchester. AUCKLAND. August 10. The local Labor Bureau agent is sending 10 men to the co-operative works in the Galatea district. At a meeting of the Workers Political Reform League the Bill foe the suppression of immorality was discussed, and the following resolution was carried : " That while not agreeing with the proposed Suppression of Immorality Act, this league asks the Government to see that the police enforce their powers in a more rigorous manner. A preliminary inquiry into the stranding of the steamer Keripaki was held, and the evidence has been sent to Wellington.