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Waikato Times, Volume XLII, Issue 3360, 11 January 1894, Page 4

The Times announces that five new battleships will be begun this year, At 1.28 p.m. yesterday Commander Edwin wired:-" North to east and south' east gale, with rain, after sixteen hours from now; glass fall." Public notice' is given in another column, that meetings fur the election of School Committees fir the Karamu and 18 Aroha districts, will be held on Saturday. 20th January. We would draw attention to the unreserved sale of drapery, clothing, etc., bv Mr John Knox at the Hamilton Auction Mart on Saturday next.' The articles are now on view and should command a lwly sale. Yesterday afternoon a man named Robert Wallis was admitted into the Waikato Hospital suffering from a severe scalp wound. He had been working at Eureka, cutting ti-tree for .Mr B. Murray, when he was accidentally struck by his mate with a shah hook, the men working too close together. The wound, although severe, is not likely to prove dangerous. A very serious accident occurred to a son of Mr Isaac Coates, of Hamilton, aged about 12 years. The lad was riding barebacked. When the horse started from near' the bridge, arid gallopiug round the corner near Mr Slade's shop, he was thrown, receiving severe injuries to his head. Dr. Brewis was soon in attendance, and although he did everything in his power, at the latest reports last night the lad was still unconscious. In our report of the late Whata* whata concert, Mr Montgomery's name was inadvertently omitted from theilirt of singers. The official programme as given to our representative is largely. : to. blame for this, However, we may mention that Mr Montgomery gave t.vo songsinfine style, having to submit to an encore in each case. The :Whatawhata people look forward to again having Mr Montgomery at their local concerts. There was a very, small sitting of the R.M. Court at Hamilton yesterday, one, or two small debt cases,were disposed of fand a-jiiairiber ofiothers were adjourned untiV next y court Before proceeding with, the ordinary court business the Mayor of' Hamilton (Mr'W.'Dey) was sworn in as a Justice of the Peace, and took his seat on the bench with the R. Mi,' Captain Jackson, and Mr, John Knox, J.P. It seems incredible but the Press Association recently' 1 informed us that a ■'miri' in' Wellington ; "backed ! himself for .five'shillinast'i fight ; a do? in a hotel yard." The sequel is that the dog won, and the man' is now an inmate* nf'th'e hospital. And this in New. Zealand at the .. close of the 19th century! The plain statement of facts; is.enough . No ccm.ment is needed. ' , '■'. ', > .. -,.. ; :) It : ; h now,..the .law, that "No person against -whom, a prohibition' order ,has;been ma'de under section 167 of the :JLicensing"Act, 18'81, shall' (luring the currency of such..prohibition' order purchase Or procure ariylermeritedbr.spirifcuousliquors 'from any licensftd person within any dis'triot where'jsuch; prohibition /order; is in. force. Any-personcommittirig'a breach of 'this : section will be liable on : conviction to a penalty not [exceeding; £lO, ! or. ; in. l default thereof to be,imprisoned,witb hard labour, .for a term not exceeding three months.'" ; Female franchise among the Maoris, if it had no other notable : reßult, i iht'rbdnced a long-lost father and • daughter treach other. AVone of the polling booths in the Rangitikei, at which the proceedings were' } presided over by a well-known-European, a »half-caste girl was observed'to be. loafing I around as though she wished, to exercise her ' new' political duty, but Hardly knew how to proceed. Seeing this the returning officer went out and invited here in, The first qu3Btion,' *■ What is your name ?"i having been asked and answered, the i returning officer showed, some interest, and asked, •"-What's' 7our '■ mother's 'name?"• This being replied to r the ■ returning., officer shouted, "Why, d—. it, you're my 'daughter!" That was, however, the end of .the episode. .They did not fall into, each "other's 1 'arms 1 as they'do ! 'in' novels. ,She voted and went her way, and they have probably'forgotten each other again before now.-Press. ' - ; •;■ ', -' ;/ Judge' 7 Kettle's !: administration of the Bankruptcy Act has Excited some attention in the Wairarapa district. This is not to ibe'J wondered at,; perhaps, as on the coast the learned acquired a .reputation for his strict impartiality in dealing with eases, brought before him under the Act, Last week Judge Kettle presided over a sitting of the Bankruptcy Court, and- commenting upon the proceedings, the Wairarapa Daily Times remarks as: follows -.-Judge Kettle shows that it is the administration of the Act itself which is'at fault. He interprets the -Act to be a provision for the benefit of creditors as well as for.the relief of debtors, and refuses to give bankrupts the discharge which they have hitherto looked for as a vested right unless they have acted fairly towards ; their creditors. There can be n° doubt that the view taken by Judge Kettle is the right one, and that his practice of making debtors realise their obligation., towards their creditors-a thing that has

been lost sight of for a long time past in ihis district-is pqnitable and just. The result must be that debtors ■. will .think twice before they file, and endeavour; to make a fair arrangement with their' creditor* instead of rushing into the Bankruptcy Court. Creditors, too, whose petitions aro filed, will have confidence in the projection which the court offers them, and will take the trouble to prove their claims, and investigate a debtor's estate. As we have'said before, it is not itself which has been at fault so much as the administration. The new procedure under His Honor Judge Kettle redeems the measure from the contempt with which it has been hitherto regarded.—Manawatu'JTimes,