TELEGRAMS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 12445, 30 August 1902, Page 7

TELEGRAMS.

I (Pek United Press Association.) NEW PLYMOUTH, August 29. The first general meeting of creditors in -T. N. Whitfield's estate was held this morning. "The bankrupt said He sold his business to tlie Cask Trading Company fpr £3600, ' including stock, lease, etc. The Deputy Official Assignee said lie ltad written to (he company, asking their intention regarding liability to the bankrupt, ami they saia they were considering |l ie matter. The bankrupt thought he could offer 10s in tho pound shortly, ami the meeting was adjourned for a week, j . WOODYILLI.'!, August- 29. '■ A meeting of delegates of the projected '"eat Irouuews Association was opened here this afternoon. Thirty delegates were present. The only business done up to the dinner adjournment was the appointment of provisional directors and the consideration j °j the l'oport and the offer made by the' ■ North British Freezing Company. ■ , WELLINGTON, August 29. ! is known as By to Corner, at the junction of Willis street and Lampion Quay, opposite the Bank of New Zealand, has beon leased by the City Council to Messrs Mackay, Steen, Caldtvcll, and Co., wavehousemen, of this city and Auckland, at a I rental of £1050 per annum. A five-storey < building is to be erected on the site at I once. i Iho following have been oleolod members |of tlie Council of the Institute of Ac-coumanliiMr-?frs O. P. I'ojvlcs, Wellington; 11. K. Tewsley. Auckland; R. Hill l'iaher, Ohrislehitrch; W. 1). ScandMt, Invercargill; P. Barr and A. J. C. Brown, . Dunedin. The city engineer reported to the council lust night disclosing that the dftm of the Wafaliiomata water .supply reservoir—the city's fnain supply—is in a condition calling f«r intention. The concrete is of exceedingly poor quality, and in' one place, whore the • earth embankment Was temporarily removed; the water finds ita way freely through the concrete wall, ranging in volume from lliii to l4in. In tho appeal ease Payne v. the Stipendiary Magistrate, which questioned the decision of the stipendiary magistrate in a case of alleged Sunday trading, the Chief Justice glivo judgment for the appellant, on the ground that tho magistrate based his finding on ail erroneous assumption. ; BLENHEIM, August 29. ihe Borough Council have received from tho trustees tho title of the Literary Institute property and accepted a tender of £487 for the rehabilitation Of tho institution, which work will be Blenheim's Coronation memorial. WESTF.ORT, August 29. urjuiths s flaxmill at Birchfield has been partially destroyed by fire. Tho cause is attributed to a spark from an ongine igniting tho tow. f/HRISTCHURCH, August 29. 'At a. meeting of the Industrial Association to-night the Greater ChvistchUrcti scheme was considered, and the association resolved to heartily support it. The association also decided to tlnmk 'Sir ,T. (1 Ward for his answer to the deputation thai; he would, as far iis possible, have all the railway rolling stock made in tho colony. The Christchurch section of the North Canterbury branch of the Teachers' Institute passed n motion protesting against tho proposed classification of teachers by tlie department as not being in the interests* of education, and urging the department to delay introducing the scheme until it has been considered by the district institutes and New Zetijund Educational Institute. At a mooting of tiio Now Zealand Boxing • Association it was resolved that the amateur J championships be decided in Christchurch i on 'September 25,