MINING NEWS
Per United Press Association. DUNEDIN, May 2: Stock Exchange sales ’. island Block Gs Gd and 6s 3d. Notown Creek 19s 3d, Rising Sun 235. THAMES. May 2. The improvement in the retains from the Wjaiotahi mine is such that while, before the recent rich discovery, the mine yielded £4OOO yearly, the returns for the past five ruonchs are nearly £17,000. DUNEDIN, M«?’ 2 The Roxburgh Amalgamated Sluicing Co. won 103 oz 13d.vt. <-t gold for the month.
PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY
DUNEDIN, May 2
At Naseby to-day, before the C lei k of the District Court, an appli ir.tion was made, by creditors' po'iilA'L to have John Ewing, goldminer, t(Vindicated bankrupt. The petitioner was Thomas Morgan’, manager of the Vinegar Hill Co., whose mine was previously owned by Ewing and the ground was that judgment; had been returned nulla bona. For t;hn del-tor it was contended that the proieedings were taken because, if Ewing was made bankrupt, the. petitionermight be able to secure some things cheap ; because the Vinegar Hill Co. wanted to get the use of Ewing’s tail race, which he had stopped tl’.enl from using, or because L-U’.ki'uptcy would stifle Ewing’s appeal asninst the Scandinavian Co., directors of which iwere also directors of the Vinegar Hill Co. Decision la the matter was reserved.
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Southland Times, Issue 19550, 3 May 1905, Page 3
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