LATE LOCALS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11507, 1 October 1915, Page 6

LATE LOCALS.

John Godfrey Tuxford, of Lyi,totton, whlarf labourer, was yesterday adjudged a bankrupt. A meeting of cred tors wf 1 bo held at the Official Ax gnee's office on Friday., October 8, at 2.30 p.m. Lieutenant N. M. Weir, N.Z.5.0., who took part in the landing at Gallipoli, and after three weeks' fighting was invalided home by the Wi.loch.ra, has recovered, and left by this morning's express to take up duties as commander of Group 10, Timaru. In common with other sports bodies, says the " Ota .go Daily Times,'-' local rowing clubs have suffered a heavy j drain on their membership through men enlisting for active service. Rolls of honour examined at the annual meeting of the Ota go Rowing Association showed that no fewer than 139 members have gone from five clubs. This was stated to be more than half the total membership, and the number ia always being added to. Necessarily, the coming rowing season will be a very quiet one, and the president (.Mr S. G. Styohe) has expressed the opinion that no regattas at all will be held. In the Supreme Court quarter ended September 30 there were three sitting days for criminal eases, eight mcnts and eight, con notions. In civil cases there were 24 sitting davs, in chambers 34, in divorce 9, in banco 14 and in bankruptcy 7 sitting days. The fees in • bankruptcy totalled £45 14s 6d, and in other cases £833 3s, making .a total of £B7B 17s 6d, as Against £754 fs last year. There were 2(Jo motions in chambers a.s compared with 1-51 in the corresponding quarter last. year. Probates numbered 102 as against 83, and administrations 23 against 15. ( Brigadier-General Robin, SurgeonGeneral Henderson (Director of Medical Services), Col. Mac Donald, and the Otago medical officers connected with the Defence Department, visited all the medical institutions in Dunedin on Wednesday forenoon, and in the after- i noon they visited the Wakari Hospital, i The home for returned soldiers was also inspected, and the visitors were - greatly impressed by what they saw i at the different institutions. The ob- ' jeet of the tour was for the purpose of j enabling Surgeon-General Henderson j to familiarise himself with local eondi-j tions, in so far as they rented to the ! medical service. The party paid a visit of inspection to the troopship at Port Chalmers yesterday. Bricadierj General Robin and Surgeon-General | Henderson will arrive in Christchureh to-night by the second express, and will be shown over the local medical institutions. On Wednesday morning the following telegram was despatched from Dun- J edin to the Controller of Customs, Wcl- | lington:—''ls section 143, Customs Act, 1913, repealed regarding primnge, as it affects Rimutaka, discharging this morning?" The question was whether the 1 per cent primage duty was payable on the cargo on this vessel. In. the afternoon Mr Montgomery (Secretary of Customs) sent the following reply:—" Rimutaka's cargo not affected j bv' resolution. All her cargo consider-( ed to be imported first port of arrival*" j This means'that this cargo is exempt, j the Rimutaka having arrived in New j Zealand -rior to the imposition of the i primage duty. Similarly the cargoes on j the Arawn, which arrived at Wellington on Saturday; t-ho /Eon, from Now York, at Lvttelton; and the Mokoia, which arrived at Bluff on Tuesday, from Melbourne, are also pre urn ably exempt from the duty, since they had all arrived ifi New Zeali'iud or elsewhere within :iu- " ;lnve-mik> limit " bt-fciv ' lie ro-o- ) Julio!] iKf-y.l thv Uoum?.