INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1599, 2 July 1887, Page 2

INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS.

Auckland, Jnly 1. The estate of the late Monsignor Fyneu is estimated to .amount to £10,800. . . •A person, repre'enting himself as. the Hon G. N. Oarzon, member for Southport, England, bus been expelled from the Northern 01 ab, having failed to establish his identity.

Gisborne, July 1.

In the libel aotion to-day, Baldwin, v proprietors of the' 1 * Herald" (claim £600), a speoial jury found for defendants with coats on the highest scale. The alleged libol waa coatalned m a statement that Baldwin wa9 aotlog m an unbecoming .manner m being the nominal plaintiff m obstructive litigation against the Harbor Board, and also that he interrupted the proceedings of the Board when drunk. \ ' Wbllinqionj July 1.

Messrs Johnston and do. have been; adviaed by cable that the China NAvl£a-' tion Company's steamer Woosung left Foo Chow for Wellington direct yesterday with the fallowing cargo : — Dunedin 400 Auckland 600, Nelson 375, Napier 160, Lyttelton 280 tons. ; ■ In tho Bankruptcy Court this morning! Hia Honor Mr Justice Richmond said that the manner m which the penal and penalty clausei of the present Bankruptcy Act had been drafted showed not dnly carelessness but want of brain power on the pairt of thoie concerned. ' . . ; ' DuNfiDitr, July 1.

At a meeting of creditors of G. Joaohim to-day the bankrupt explained that he filed on account of his liability as a sharebolder m the British and New Zealand; Mortgage Company. He had paid £2400 m shares, and liable was for nearly £10,000 , Bis losses had been made on property, and lnoluded £3000 m Lees Btreet, £4000 on Te Anao, and £2100 on the Minaret runs, £1000 on other property, and £1300 on the We3tport Coai Oompany shares.' The bankrupt was allowed hi? fuiffaiture. i

At a meeting of the creditors of Thomas Bracken, a resolution was passed sympathising with him on the loss of his position on the "Herald," and making no claim on his personal effeois.