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Southland Times, Issue 14685, 3 July 1900, Page 2

Pbomenade Concert. — The Garrison Band resume their popu ar promenade concerbs in the Zealandia Hall to-morrow evening. Unclaimed Letters.— Letters from places beyond, the colony, addressed as follows, were received at the Poet Orase, Invercargill, duriDg the month of April, and remained unclaimed on 30th Jane :— D. T. Adair, W. B. AUeD, Misß E. Bettridge, Mesßre W. Dean and Co, Misa Anna Gray, Miss Annie Kinnard, Allon Poole, Miss Quelch, Hugh Sinclair, Thomas Smith. The Clock Towkk.— His Worship the Mayor (Mr J. S. Goldie) has received the following telegram from the member for the town: — "I have interviewed the Minister re raising ths Post Offioe tower, so that the clock may ba Been and the chimes heard all over the town. The Government are prepared to bear the expense of raising the tower, if the Borough Council or the public will baar the cost of raising the clock." Fullers' Waxwobks.— The theatre was sgiin crowded on the occasion of this company's second appearance on their return visit. The programme presented was an exceedingly popular one as evidenced by the applause accorded the various performers. Toe concluding item was a laughable sketch from " Fan on the Bristol," by Mr Hagan and Miss Fraser. There will be an entire change of programme this evening, and Master Victor Hagan, aged seveD, noted for his alto voice, will sing. Patriotic Buttons. — Mr Chas. Rodgers, who baa been vending his patriotic buttons in northern towns, informs us that his mission was most successful. He has returned to Invercargill, and those who were unsuccessful in obtaining these interesting tokens may now procure them at the railway bookstall. Expected to be Interesting. — W. Joobb, secretary of the Seamen's Union in Wellington has, our parliamentary reporter informs us, issued a wrib claiming £300 damages for slander from H. E. Scoones, of the Wharf Labourers' Union. The action is likely to disclose some peculiar sidelights aa to the methods of unionism. The Dunedin Poultry Show. — Inveroargill poultry breeders were very Eucces&ful at the Obogo Bird Club'a show, the awards being as follows:— Langehans — P. H. Brodie : cock ], hen he, cockerel he, pullet 3 Minorcas— o. K. Joyce ; cock 2, hen 1 and special, and 3, cockerels vh c and h c. Wyandottes (silver) -F. Weir : hen 1, pullet 2 and he ; (golden)— A. Weir : hen 1, cockerel 1 and 3, pullet 1 and 2. Leghorns (white)— Wm. J. Noble : cock 2, cockerel 2, pullet ho. The entries were numerous and competition keen in all these classes. J. J. Ward won the silver cup for the best sporting team of dogs, tirsb and third for black retriever dog, third for bitcb, and second in brown retriever?. For spaniels, the Waihopai kennels took two first! and apeolal for cooker dogs under 12 months; George Moffett, three seoonda for colliee ; and F. Soowdon first for Airtdalos.

Winton S.M. Court. — Meisra Kidd and Gilmour, J's.P., occupied the bench yesterday and adjudicated on the following cases : — R. Sands v. John Fox waa a olaim of £2 Hi 6d for driving fees; judgment for £1 17 a 6d, costs 64. Adam York v. Smith and White, claim of Cl ; judgment against White, costs £1 lls. Gubsel v. Watßon, a clilm of 10s for damage done to a garden by a oow ; judgment for 2a, coats 8a. — Own correspondent. 17961900 —There died in Melbourne last month Mrs M. 8. Mitchell, at the remarkable age of 103 yeara. Mrs Mitshell, who was the mother of Mr G. T. Micahell, publisher of the Age, came to Victoria nearly 50 years ago from Foifarahire, Scotland. Up to her hundredth year she eojoyed very good health, but, in consequence of an accident which occurred to her at that time, for the laittr years of htr life she was a complete invalid. Mrs Mitchell waa born in October, 1796 "And All But He Departed "— The jubilee of Christ Chu eh, W<*rcnambool, which waa founded by the Yen. Archdeacon Beamsh, D.D., w*b celebrated last month. The Archdeaoo, who preaobed Che first i sermon, 50 yeara ago, ag*in preached that day. The Unien Jack waa flown over the churoh tower, and the building was beautifully decorated with fliga and flower*. The Archdeacon referred to those who h»d helped him to found the cr.urcb, few of whom survive now. Of all those who he*rd his first sermon it is sated that there were none present to hear the jubilee sermon. In Bankruptcy. — About twenty oreditors in the estate of Archibald FinUyeon, farmer, Dipton, attended the meeing held yesterday, the Ddputy-Assignee, Mr C. Rout, presiding. A rough utitemtn 1 . of bis liabilities and aiseti prepared by the debtor showed a deficiency of £568 9i lid. Examined on oath the debtor said he had been 24 years on the f »rm. About five years ago he borrowed ,£950 from the Government Advances to Settlers Office on the security of his sections, whioh were valued as £1200 Previous to this Mr Careweli bad cold a lot of his stock to pay his account, and this m >ney was borrowed to pay the bilince of Mr Caraweli's account (£150) and £750 be owed Mr Rich. He had very little ar.ock lefr, and his brother Kenneth bought him stock and implements to enable him to carry on. Hie brother got ar cjrity over the sheep, and had been paid back in part. His present position was due to bad seasons duricg the past few years. The last crop of timothy realised only 2 1 per lb, and the crop waa only about one thitd of the previous year's. The la-t crop of oats was only one-third aB large as the preceding year's yield, It was a very wet season, and parb of his land waa wet. When ha borrowed the £950 he was in a solvent position. He did not keep any books except a diary, and his bank account had been closed about six months. He would like a little time bo see his friends and would do his best to make an offer that would be acceptable to the creditors. — It was agreed to adj >urn the meeting for a fortnight to enabse the debtor to make a proposal and prepare an amended statement. The principal unsecured creditors are : — J. G. Ward farmers' Association (in liquidation) £210, K. FiolayBon (Makarewa) £90, George Froggatc £45, Nichol Bros. £32, W. Harrison £31, Mrs Johan Tmlayson £23, John Kingsiand and N. McCurdy £17, G. E. Tucker £17, T J. McOann (Parrawa) £15, D. McPheraon £15, H. O. Cassels (saddler) £15, Fleming and Gilkison £14, D. McQuarrie (blacksmith) £12, Tothill, Watson and Co. £10, S. Buxton (Brown's) £10, New Zealand Loan Co. £9, Wright, Stophenson and Co. £9, H. andJ. Feldvrick £7, P. Blyth£7; the remainder bsing made up of amounts of £5 and under. The secured creditors are : — Government Advances to Settlers Department £980, secured over seotions 192 and 263, Tanngabura, valued at £1200 ; K. Finhyaon £160, second mortgage over the same land; Henry Wilson (Ryal Bush) £150, over horses, cattle, harness and farm implements valued at £160; Henderson and Batger £99, over crop valued at £70. Before adjourning the debtor waa instructed to prepare a statement of his receipts and expenditure for the last three years, and lay it before the next meeting. Method Did Not Make Him 'Rich — In the petition proceedings in connection with the Tyson estate the curator informed the court that he had gone to examine Tyson's private papers. From the manager he learned that deceased a.lowed no one to interfere with bis privata papers, and theße wete found to be in a state of great disorder, being scattered throughout the c iti 3e and on a rude shelf. There was absolutely no method in the arrangement of the documents. The drawers of a padestal table had to be burst open. Private papers were strewn everywhere, tbe practice of deceased being to open letters and place them again in the envelopes, and when a number had accumulated, they were tied up with Hiring and thrown into the table drawers, or on one of the shelves in the office. The office had the appearancs of not having been tidied for years, if ever. They also found a large number of memorandum books wherein deceased was wont to record rough memoranda of his business transactions. These books were invaluable and important records, and dated back continuously to the year 1854. In the manager's offioe were found, strewn amongst some valueless papers, deposit receipts for £30,000 in the Queensland National Bank, scrip for 977 shares in the same bank, deposit receipts for 60,000 shares in the City Bank, and also other scrip more or lass valuable. Careful in Many Things. — John Birdin, a collector of marine stores, 60 years of age, lived in a two-roomed house in North Melbourne. Recently it was ascertained that Bardin had nob been seen for some days, and was believed to be sick. The police visited tha house, and, opaning tbe back door, found the body of Bardin hanging in the passage. On one aide were piled, to the height of nine feet, a number of enpty boxes ; on the other side stood a step-ladder, and resting on the top was a beam, from whioh the body was suspended by a rope. The hands were tied together behind the back with a piece of cord. This fact gave rise to the suspicion that Bardin might) have been murdered, but a scrutiny showed that the cord was fastened in suoh a way that the knob had probably been accomplished by deceased himself. In a trunk was found a savings bank book in Bardin's name, which showed a credit balance of £294; ..