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Western Star, Issue 1548, 28 March 1891, Page 2

At Christchurchj-econtly Mr Justice Donniston gavo an important closision [,y srranting leave to eiiforoo n sontmiee of four weeks' imprisonment in default of tho paving of the amouut of judgment in tho R.!U Court, made against a man who had filed his schedule jnsfc after the order of tho rnai trate was made, and who had had means to pay tho judgment but would not do so. His Honor hold that a man hrul no viaht to iilo merely to avoid satisfying u judgment, and not for a pnrposo of dividing his assets among his creditors. A supply of Koch's lymph will bo in Dunerliu about the end of tho month

A largo mooting of women was bold at Nelson last wcok to consider a motion "That this meeting believes the time has coma for women to bo admitted to equal rights with men." The lady who persisted hoped none would bo shy, and evidently they were not shy, as eight others took part in the discussion, most of their, however, reading something that someone else h-ui said on the subject. The speakers were not all in favor of the motion. Oho who had read an original paper inn do the shrewd reimrk that many young men who merely spent their time over a pub/ie honso bar were given a vote, and contended that an equal privilege should be given ihe girls "Most presoufc signed a petition in favor of woman's suflrage, and tho meeting •'adjourned for rfitrfiahnißiils." "