The Southland Times. PUBLISHED DAILY. Luceo Non Uro. THURSDAY, 21st : 'AUGUST, 1879.

Southland Times, Issue 3484, 21 August 1879, Page 2

The Southland Times. PUBLISHED DAILY. Luceo Non Uro. THURSDAY, 21st : 'AUGUST, 1 879.

The Southland Ejections. — The writ s for the elections in this district will in all probability be inthe hands of the' officials here this afternoon. : '- ' Political Meetings^— Several candii dates address the electors this evening. Mr !J. 8.. Cuthbertson speaks at Elbow, Dr 1 HodgMnsont at Riverton, Mr Shanks, at the Bluff, and Mr J. L. McDonald at Gropers Bush, The Poni Creek Bridge,— We have . been: requested' to draw the attention- of the ; Municipal y authorities-; ter the fact ithat Ji ; coupie "of holes of fa'ther" large dimensions \ exist in the bridge;-; in Clyde street ofhthe ; Puni Creek. One on the Southern side is in a ; position that pedestrians unacquainted with the road might easily overlook on a dark nighs. No doubt the Council will see that a new plank is laid down as soon as possible. Champion Ploughing Match. — This match takes place to-morrow at Waikiwi, and promises to be a great success. The citizens are.inyited to. , observe the.dayi^.aJialfrlio.liday.. "We haye .been requested to ,state thajt, iri addition, t'o tnevery" liberal list!' of' 1 prises already advertised, Messrs Cowper Snd | Wilson, of Dee street",' will give a hand broad j cast seed soever the bept ips fi and outs, or ; the best -hriih dotable-f arrow-* ploughs, : at the option of the committee. i An Important POint. — Two applications by debtors foi oiders of discharge at the "District Court yesterday had to be adjourned on the ground,. that more than one j trustee had been appointed. This may seemj strange, as hitherto it has been quite custom- • ary in Inyercargifl — and indeed thioughout | the colony — to entrust the management of the estate to more ( than one person, but the' validity of this practice 1 is now 'seriously called into^question'by "nd less an authority' than Mr Justice Williams. In delivering judgment at Dunedin the other dajrin'the 1 case, Creditor's Trustee in the estate of James Black v. Watt and others, His| Honor went verj fully into the interpretation* to be placed upon the Debtois' and Creditors' Act of 1876 (under which, the orders lef erred to weie applied for), and held that theie was nothing contained in it wbich inferred that more than one tfustee'could be appointed The 44th section of the Act of 1J876 provided that the cieditors might elect some'peison, to be the creditois' tiustee, and 'the* next section provided that " if the^perkra^eiected shall not accept the' trusteeship, a new^meet-J ing may be held and some other person elected trustee," dec. This 1 section 1 , %e held,! haidly contemplated that 'sejreial "p'eisons' should be elected, since it didnot/'piovidej foi the case of one or more' of the numbers refusing to act. Again,' by the -51st 'section! the creditors' tiustee w,as treated as one' individual, and ,the~ following r and 53rdJ sections also "spoke of the creditors' tiustee as J One person. He th6\ighiy'it was 1 - cleari fiom these sections that the Legislature did not intend moie than one trustee to be appointed. This decision was appealed against,' and His Honor Judge Har\rey recommended; Mr Fmn^to allow his cases to over, until the Appeal Comt sat. To this Mr Fmnj consented,' at the saihe time expressing iej gret,tbat the.deibtois be put to so much inconvenience,' "an\l rerfiettirdg'tfjii^' the joint trustees (of whom one was a solicitor)? should have lendeied^theinselves liable td proceedings thiough the possible misin4 terpretation placed) ufipa'tjjo Act, ( 7 } )

1 Refokm Assoqiation.— A meeting of the New Zealand Reform Association Was held I last night, and was attended bf Messis ' Disjlrymple (in thechaii), Kinioss t *S_bueidei , De^ j Whiteford,^ Wurster;l-and Pgesto i ' (seCT§tary).-r-It wa§ decided Ao foi ward a coig£of the*ules tpT Oamaru £ osdhe the>Reforjn^.^Asso^^tj<srt-<^recently'-formed there. Mr Dewe, the name of the association should bo more defined, aud thought it &hould be tailed lhe "^Nj^Zealfflid^WO!_di^ sociation." On the suggestion of the Chairman, it w { as" agreed- to d^fe^con9ideia*ion of^ ,ih_l matter €wtiliaes^ reeej^ngj whgngheJiaC. ' no doubt tbe proposal would be carried, — Mention to the financial condiu_n of the society, and suggestbd tha : & I -ife*o§ i &hould be ,taken~iEo~pla*ce it on?~a~more "^tisfactoiy sbasis. He refened to the expendituie necessary in regard to the forthconvug visit of Sir Geoige Grey. Messrs Dewe and Schneider said that a satisfactory sum had already been subscribed in another quarter, with the same object. It was decided to jhold a meeting on Tuesday evening to consider financial matters. — The association then adjourned.