CHARGE AGAINST A BANKRUPT.
ASHBURTON, December 6. At the Magistrate's Court to-day, before Mr V. G. Day, S.M.. Arthur LonsdalsZouch, who became bankrupt six weelrst. ago, was charged on three counts with failing to keep proper books, with concealinj! or destroying certain books relating to h3 affairs, and with failing to produce certain books. Accused reserved his defence, and after hearing evidence for the prosecution the Bench committed him for trial at the Supreme Court at Timaru on February ♦, bail in one surety of £50 being allowed.
The Kreiablatt, a newspaper published at Hoechst, near Wiesbaden, contains the following, amusing advertisement: — "Can anyone favour me with' the names of the balloonist* who, when passing over the village of Ried laefc Thursday evening, dropped a tag of ballast down my chimney, and co:npl«tely ruined a fruit tart which I was cooking.—- Julia Schmidt, 14 BoUel^asse,
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Otago Witness, Issue 2804, 11 December 1907, Page 34
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