BANKRUPTCY.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5717, 13 March 1890, Page 2

BANKRUPTCY.

A meeting of the creditors of John William Brown was held in the office of th£ ? Official Assignee this afternoon, wfeeft^f . there wore present :— Mr Crofts (DepiSj^'T Official Assignee), debtor and his splicitor; " (Mr Watson), and Messrs Harper," . Mcljx- ."* tosh, Ackroyd, and G. R. Moore. : T Debtor said lie filed 1 , from pressure brought on by Mr G. B. Moore. H» believed his statement of assets aiidlia-; bilities to be correct, and he had np/pther. " assets except the property meati6iasi£/ - He had one horse if anybody' liked to gtf ; •■•"' and get him.. By iua' fsfcatenient they ' would see his assets were far above his / liabilities. During the past twelve months ' ' he had not been in a position to look' for work, , He had sickness in the family,; and a short time ago .foS; v 'ha&; lost last wife. If they had girieii'. h|m tame all his creditors would; Kayje '|gpt^ paidi 20s in the L. Some time 'ago fie? V; signed a bill for Mr Moore^ whicji was* dishonored. Mr Moore sateS .bun* on |v judgment summons, and .finally got an arde.r; against him. His wife" died, and/ three weeks ago he brought into tawb his three little sick children, in hiaannst '■■■ to the doctor, when a warrant was takers oufc for hia arrest. He' had oalyitwo. things to do — to take tho&o thvee Ktffe. ■>"-. children to Beatfcy's ga^l 6j?. file. ,H^ffl«jdj«> His claim of land could only -be settlad by the Commission. . . '■• In answer to Mr Moore,, debtor said he l : started a saddler's shop at Karaka, 9,xtidt had lost about LSB through not being Able fco attend to it. The last he heard ©T it was that the shop was cleared or its con» ' tents, and the man was gone* He had given the man the whole shop to get clean of it. He borrowed L4O from his brother to start the shop, and he owedU hiss brother that money still. The ;Vw>tnes; rft6ld the shop as security uiitil he iwenft out of it. He was reailjy acting as manager for his brothe.* 1 G^Qigje. ' - Debtor objected t& the proof of MrMcr ; Intosh, and. said he gave thim a LlO bill^ and hired horses to him. If; *He horses hid been returned the bill would nttdt have been dishonored. MrMcliiio^h bad -gob the bill from'feim under fals^ejpretences: Mr Molntosh : I'll pvilt^cfur.nose. Debtor : Will you I i'm{aifgood afmw as you ; come out in the "b^ck, yard asd try it: ■' '■''■' j,^ ••>",•■■■ .' The atnaosphere wag yejcywaMU for a moment, bub the Assignee " quelled the | trouble. -^ ;' ' / - ' Debtor said he valued t'hej horses he len t j Molntoshat L7O. None of^jia hordes had | been returned to him, and/ therefore $tc» ' Intsosh owed him L7O, \em.ty\\* , . ?'• ; r -,-. % \ A number of questions,, shich dwelt $n personalities, took place between Mr.Mq, In tosh and debtor, and finally the Assignee said he would enquire into/the matter after the meeting. .?,.:.;; -■:._•.. Mr Watson referred ' creditors ,to jqdgr ments of Judge Barton's, wbichi rplate4 ti ta debtor's assets. >■;,• >; f ;":j' :".'*.-,'-'.' '''.'» . The meeting was then adjourned. .""'■.! A !Foxton man' who cannot keep off • liquor, the other clay asked the court to issue a prohibition order against him, which it did. '

:^Bat' & i the' |3ffli^:..Gotopany's fine steamship : liasves: the v- GlydoV.^t ' ■ Port Saturday" nelt^ ; '. V '. " ; " '■ ". t^pH^ metfiare advised to keep K^ '• *W^|wni:6hofWeßp©base, as tHe labor 1 6 is expected." now appear|^3 l^^^^iP^^ %ily Times. |&^.' V P iSj^jjiffi&te&'tnafc the gain to Australia ||n,^tid|JeW^^d^ta Ithrough1 through the rise in the fei si^K^of.Wpui^ince last year amounts to »K ;^ The tptal'output is reckoned = y«C &fc 1,400,000 bales and the increase in value :^m^Mv^M^^. •-■ • •--" •.•■■' - v -. X. . A num working on the bridge at Ashursit f;A- ■:^ v > aecidehtaUy dropped 60ft last week. He '^:-^ :%$&& into fcbe water and; was: unhurt— in Ip^focfy was able to go to a ball/in the eve- *?&'■_ juog. '■■■'■' -- ; ■'• '■■ .■ Capfcau) Kuasell, says that the Austral&ns are t^mbly? afraid of New Zealand's producing J^e^jpar6icitlarly in the matter of cereals^ VjTliey stated openly also that our^Wi^llen gooda are unapproachable, ited^^y^luiob compete with- such manufactures. ' The Milljce . G.> Browne, ■ the. largest fou^Bg^S^d schooner ever launched;;foun- : dered afcsea in la terrible gale. She was :■ 16J0Q tdns^S^igfer and 260 feetflong. She , ; became [disabled; in the Atlantic by heavy v ,;V ; days a derelict A Sy^ney^pi^r Chronicles the fact of a : snake swallowing a bullock's horn in order :i , to get the^satisfaction of enjoying a repast / off $ rat^wMqft Had taken refuge in the ; said horn. These, snake stories are a trifle tan. a ."- v/ ;-• ; •..■':■•■ A southern exchange referring to the recent convictions in Wellington for sell- ] ing imported, oysters in the close season, < remarkg that, on the same principal any ] grocer selling canned oysters in our close . system ought to be amerced. ( :i ,^&^m^li/Ml reports that the wheat < ;I^ .^^i^^|^©;;;^^iofe, .^..fer^,. threshing , .] g-^^^^^^ia^^fgr^r.isVot-good .^ AA. yei^frai^^y crSp;, ;b*eirig' nr. som^ places, j : ? »Sma^kb^^d4,' an& in dthemwfejcliedly ] >;,'^^^^l^^V^ at Zanzibar; { : manyMoursbefore he received a number { , \{?bfcoffws^^Bcfcttpe; at exceptionally large ( i ]" ;r fe^s^|i^t^ri6us Enterprising people in ] .. IfOiidon. auij elsewhere. Perhaps the most j temping ; offer Mr .Stanley has; yet re- { c«iv|d: i£ |s^y s the London correspondent r of =tM|Bi^agham Post) one of L3OOO, to j speak about half a column of matter into I » phonograph. t ■ '^JWhaifeis -fehat-, young man's -name 1" j *' Vt|^t ? y6ung man, papa ?" "The one t whsVg^efrtill: after twelve o'clock." / " H[is|%i»e ;is William, papa." " Bill, t :fpr>lfio^?' ? -)VX suppose so." "Well, i :Bian?fc. complete." "Itfofc complete?" t V;V^N^i3fc'^^ta'be.jdas_Sili-fqsrslipriir > t .^d^*&^ and „ Held the lantern 'up to the meter once . _ roarer '^ ■"■'■-■•■'. : :.': r ;. : - • •' - ; "'■ •. c '': Some, sfinsstion has been caused at San r Francisco 'by a tragedy which has taken s I -place in ; the domestic circte of Judge a ul- Clark, of T^hama, California. His two f , " ; % ;• sons had a bitter quarrel on family mat- , iJ; Jtersi the altercation one lifted £ r^tt^Mat^k.his brother! The latter v >^. mWij^PaMw^ his revolver and shot his ■ ', : '-;#|*^b^|pa^r» _tb;e spot. At the inquest 0 the'^o^er^ijury held that the shooting r was justifiable, and directed that the sur- ] vivor>bf tiie fray should be released from __ "■■'\.|sUßt«ly. : ;. I:tJ1 :tJ ■.'■"./ '^J ••'■■.. . . • : ' . . enquiries made at a meeting held ■* - ati^twm^tl^ Sa,&rday (the Manawatu * Herald says), ife was shown that there Aadl«b«ea-TOF^«r"S^ at workjturningouton an average three tons of temp a week^totalling to 13,200 tons for ? the^year, wKich, "calculated at L2O a ton, J araoqftted to-L264,000 per annum. Now .41 g.g|npperjJi;ftre silent, which means a v decrease of 6396 tons-dressed, and a money » ■^>-ldw to the colony of L 128,000 per annum, t ' ■; r i'-j 'Th^J^'^poxtitJtve .bakeries created by a H iJ^mySe^^o,^4abpr party are extraordinary "v~ 'jff^Sa^e^of-the power of organisation. v '"': '-. ~~jj£ 30heot the workmen have built for a j icoit jo^^^^) iie most perfect bakery of t ■■A^^ .Bel^ura^^tere 43,000 quartern loaves ?"I are turnecTout every week, and out of the v I I3j,ooo«inhabifeants of Ghent, 18,000 be- T Jlopg. to the; institution. At Brussels the a | SfafsQii de P^uple bakes 35,000 loaves per s iwpkr&S St Joliment 8000 loaves per Jj • --^ : day.^r ''')':; q ''.'•'' - t I ** Anglo -Australian" writes in the v ■•-..* Ettfopeaii'Mail as follows :— To illustrate fc „.- how cleVer busuiess men are looking to- c ; wiltds'the Australian Colonies now, only g / was in the office of a man of , , .•* :: great influence here, whose son is earning fK rinnehdwiMcition India, and. has, for so fc "■: yoUng^lr^mati/ done wonders. **Well," , '-, -"'■; .; said the .father, "I am advising him (the s -'■", ."h.s^b) "tog o to -Australia now. India does s :^'--'-^iipi^"i^BF ; !fche-Bame-field-for a man of his rLjaßffityr.that, Australia does. On to Ausv irvt^whemeans to go." This is surely a - ; signt^cant fact— for fact it is— and I offer 5 , it an "earnest prayer of much of the 1 t-';\ J jsmne kind to come. .' < , . ti ||fe|^^?j|ic sfory comes frbni Cornwall. r i A^en^anqe 'corespondent states that in 1! ; ; i^rMWmn l)ayia;Browh, 'a fisherman, v :);■ ;•;- ;<rf t^e«fyn,|;n,e^vPoiizance, was one of £ t; ■ ) : thWe\lio^te'" cVqws who, were drowned, and tt# v sgfliQ si^hti his wife died of ' cholera Tfafp— leftr-fewp orphan lia^ ' James and S "J'#^^^C,T?"®^%r JvtigM i* i'Alma, . Bala¥<3^i^iieP fnkennair } was at the siege of B-^l^ajpw'va'aA^^lhtpugfc .the.' Kaffir war.' a : r Jame»,-ha|, just" died in America worth fi 40Q,006^q1., leaving the, bulk of his pro : I^^>to -Bisvwidtfw^ aiid soh, f biit he has '£ s :} ; 7^gqu|athed J |B,oOOdol. and some shares p ry:.»na^)ier property to Peter Brown. The p '< ■:; '£■ brotfters ha4-aot seen each other for more v '•! : tbatt 40yearsi and hear from each © tt^eCibr 23 q r "^*ls^te~j)f " the efforts made by the P various shipping companies to provide shipping for frozen meat they have not t present been able to keep pace with, thflldemand. The local freezing " woirkjsar^ taxed to their utmost to pro.^teifgaee, and numerous applications for - ;v^^B^Vfif had to be? refused, as freights f airarunobtainable and the freezing works Z >! ■.--. *Jt|isft taatter forregret that ■ , t ai(liraited demand at Home for our : '^*-Vci^^f^eril-"ineat:. 'there should beany §«jylty in getting ships to convey it to 0 consumers. As soon as a beast is fit r for kUUng it becomes a positive loss to the j -} &/i&sip : leeid ? ifc a^ day longer, besides at^urther loss in interest on the money v|iutß of the animal. It is satisfactory to ' know, that th&. value of pur mutton in the ! '/ , V^nierm^k^' 13 such as will return "a - r \';-,^^t ;^roTt^|v- grower, also that there r^ be- a prospect of prices in the remaining high enough to return v.^^^lb'M^tinterested'ih'the trade.— ; ?|AnQthe|i! change has been made in scor- j v %g^in fpo|ball b| the EngUsh authorities f p^er, Kii j|lwy" 7 aiid this change will of * ■;...-•-; <|ia^bifMopted in New next l A- '.;'-; «ison.^ l^jpie iiew' swring rules adopted - ; ' ; '' r ''-p-^ 1^ 011 *!' BofrfdVcftAe into ~f: : A .^^■^L,-]^rem%6T \.j A go^Ji^kicked from points, a . «3iiopjped 'gjw* points, a':goal.cpnver- ? r Jl^S^^l&eSsfiick one point, and a try : 1 f^^ip^* f Tfi^se changeaiarelm a very ; ' ■w^^|^^iebt^on,|BAd are^ jikely to meet 'A- : i'A^^^ij^^^i^^i- :^v^svs- : \iK i fe been ; \ .Sf^p^^^^b^fcH^^utiwTitaos; oyei'^Asspcia- '. -v':-"^.^il^^>£Spt^%9gl9nd, and it4s almost i^^^^^^M-'e^oti^B^ J*&»*^» similar would meet SJSl^tifitt^^napfi ''support. Line's umpires are i^^*tfl|?ij^Very--«weihf; but >; their pre3;^^ r^/^M£'4ntidsi are^too Kable to be confused i^V^^Pfthpjfe vXjfjthe ' referee,- while b%ing all him^ini addition to the !^itplt|ef£ ncw?J4eFP^|ng, on him; Players liSS^^^aitt^^^Vj^-^wf 11 . ■• can't ...tell - .who ' breaches'" of the

K ■/Prpjbably^one of the behest thlngs"evei" ¥ec6rded lv the history of modern warfare (says the. Times of India, of January 24) happened the other day in connection with the Kachin expedition. A column was sent out from MomeTt on the south, and auother from Bhamo on the north, to punish a large body of rebels, '.vim have 1 beon displaying a little too much activity lately in the neighbourhood of I ho Slnvell Ki'.er. The rendezvous was M-sntoji, which it was thought ii-'id I|V een in the temporary occupation of the Kachins. When Captain Greouaway's column ai Irived, however, the rebels had left the field clear for them and hastened off up the hills. Capt. Greenaway promptly occupied the village and made things ready in anticipation of a possible surprise. In the meantime Major Blundell arrived within hail of the village, and seeing signs of activity within, concluded ' that the Kachins were still in possesssion, and forthwith proceeded to shell the place. Captain Greenway's column, deeming an attack by no means unlikely, naturally mistook the firing for that of the Kachins, and returned it with some warmth. The rival, columns attacked each other with tremendous vigor, and each was doubtless not a little astonished at the determined attitude of its supposed savage antagonist. It seemed not unlikely at one time that the only parallel to this extraordinary combat would be found in the historic of the Kilkenny cats, but happily the blunder was discovered in time. As it wasj.jrfpb'ody seems to have got hurt— which is perhaps a very curious commentary on so vigorous and unprecedented a battle. The question of renewing immigration to this colony, which was recently brought before the Dunedin conference by Mr Stead, of Christchurch, in a speech that has excited considerable interest, was again brought up by that gentleman at the quarterly meeting of the Christchurch Chamber of Commerce on Thursday week. Mr Stead quoted at great length from an able paper on " Aids to Australian DeVelopment," read by Mr Macfie, an erstwhile Australian journalist, at the meeting of the Colonial Institute in London in December last:; and tested the feeling of the Christchurch Chamber on the subject of immigration by submitting the followiug resolutions :— "(1) That in the opinion of this Chamber an increase of the population of New Zealand is essential for the progress of the Colony, and for the, prosperity of its inhabitants. (2) Thab j the Crown lands of the Colony should,? be surveyed without delay, and . made available for settlement upon such terms — even,'to the extent of leasing them at nominal rentals — as would be Hkely to attract desirable immigrants. (3) That in such caae limitations should be put upon the area of land available for lease by each Crown tenant, aiid regulations framed for making such holdings nontransferable in order to prevent land being acquired for speculative purposes. (4) That immigration bureaus should be established in Great Britain for the purpose of giving publicity to conditions of settlement and general information and advice to intending settlers as well as for I facilitating thoir economical conveyance to their destination." After discussion, the first resolution, establishing the principle, was carried unanimously, but it was decided to postpone to further consideration of the three following resolutions to a meeting to be held for the purpose on the 13th instant. It is alleged that Parke, the London journalist, who received 12 months' imprisonment, for libel of Lord Euston, one of the reputed culprits in the extraordinary West End affair, was left in the lurch at the last moment by the very persons on whom he relied to give evidence to justify his statements. Where they disappeared to, and who provided them with funds, the luckless young journalist has not been able to ascertain, He soon found, indeed, that a much longer purse than his would be necessary to make any sort of a fight against the. prosecution. The private inquiry agents he employed were no kind of a match for Mr George Lewis. As a last straw, too, police assistance suddenly dried up, and poor Parke had to choose between going to prison and violating the confidence of the' detective ! who originally supplied him with the story. Had he done this he might have got off with six months less, but the detective would certainly have been turned out of the force. The Judge, who ; was quite shrewd enough to see that I there was more in the affair than met the eye, offered to adjourn the case in order to give Parke an opportunity of showing on what evidence he had really acted. The defendant ought undoubtedly to have taken advantage of this, but his nerves were completely demoralised by the long strain. " I .would rather," he said, " know my fate at once. " " The Fast Youug Man"— Special address, " Theatre Royal, next Sunday evening at 7, Rev. J. Ward. Other Wesleyan services next Sunday— Gisborne, Church, 11 ; Makaraka 2, Te Arai 3.3o.— Advt. Lecture, Whinray's Hall, to-night, 7.30, <• Spiritualism : its Present and Future, Are its operations the result of Divine or Satanic agency ?"— Ad. Characteristics of Cook County — Oil Springs, Lawyers, and Hennessy's Boots.— Advt, Good clean Coke makes a cheap, cleaner, and more economical fire than any other fueLp 2s bag at Gas Works.— Advt. ,y Strangers visiting Gisborne and desiring to know tho best establishment in which* to purchase Watches, Clocks or Jewellery will please note that S.McLernon offers special advantages. He imports direct and buya for cash from the leading manufacturers, conse: quently he claims to be in the best possible position to serve the public well. One month's trial given with each Watch repaired by him. If not satisfactory, money returned. — Advt,