DOMINION NEWS

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 2 June 1923, Page 9

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A ffiicU!>o on end, of two charges Edward Byers m -he - W befcs constables stated that tnej n with the accused m an hotel. Another opium ease was befo . • Police Court Ah Tong being fined £oo opium in forms siuta fie oi sm<Dkm^ SntlvTas'fined Imavdly forces; against another Chinese of Ke™uttmg smoking was dismissed as a doeumeu was produced purporting to be a tians for of the premises to An long. * \t a meeting of creditors m tlm bankrupt estate of George Morns the bankrupt builder who disappeared, u was reported that the exact debts ncir not known yet, but the chums so tar lodged total £3556, all unsecured., m addition to heavy liens against various contracts. After giving.details of the contracts so far ascertained, toe i»-sio-nce, Mr Fisher, sain that so tar as he' coin'd see there was not a brass farthing for the ordinary creditors. H was simply a question of the hen-hold-ers fighting it hut among themselves. The meeting was adjourned sine die lo resume when the bankrupt s whereabouts are discovered.

Waipawa: _ A taxi-car, driven by E. Phillip, while proceeding to a ball at Elsthorpe. last evening cansizcil, with tho result that Polly Wedde, of Otanc, was tatally injured. The car skidded on loose shingle for a hundred yarns, and crossed and veerossed the road while the driver strove to retain control. Tho last swing took the machine over the side. Miss Wedile was pinned down and her nock was broken. Tho other occupants, numbering seven, escaped with minor injuries. Dunedin: James Reynolds Hayne, charged with the use of an instrument to procure miscarriage, was remanded to June Bail was fixed at £IOOO and iwo sure! ins of £SOO. The police stated that it was not definitely known whether the girl was yet out of danger.