NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 419, 30 January 1909, Page 6

NEW ZEALAND NEWS.

(bi TBura»APn—puss isroatTtan.V .; ■ '■—■ '.».. .— -—• : : v -". .••'■ t BANKRUPTCIES IN CANTERBURY. _ AN ECHO Off THE BTOIiDINO BOOM, v Chrlstohurch,: JaimaxT 29. There were forty-three bankruptcies in the; Canterbury -\ district.. during ■■ :.;.the.".T ..year 1908.' : The . 'total', assets y ■»©», 289,\-.-.Vißclndiiig :^'BeOTrM rr ''creditoiev'£io,«' 843, and the 'total liabilities ' >rore £25,560. .The 'dividends paid.;faniounted :to £5966. Twenty-four orders' for immediate discharge' were made, while' five debtors had 1 their. discharge: suspended/: The special feature oi the. bankruptcy, year.'.has been ■ the collapse of the building boom, : and : the financial downfall of builders, and contractors and others/connected with the traded 'Fanners and general traders were ? almost ! free from , bankruptcy troubles'durii(g.tKe year. ■ v^: - :; ;• THE>ORT OF QAMARU. ] V .■ ' ;' I Diinedln, January 29., In the matter of;.', the Oamarn,: Harbotiir Board Loan, Mr. Justice Williams gavejudgment on. the board'summons .for. an order directing ■ the'. - Receiver to pay accounts in, : . connection with the; expenses- of .promoting last year's.lpan Act,.,and taking a.poll:'of, ratepayers to. authorise the.;.;loan. iH'ia Honour decided that: the. Receiver should pay both the costs of promoting fethe Bill ;»nd taking a polli the. Registrar to determine the • 'amount.; ,,, -;.---..-."" ■'■■■■ ' '.V■ :•'. : ■>••!,-■". ■ ■.';'. •.:. THE INFLEXIBLE CUSTOMS J . •:-.',:.'-...,,. ~';; l JEPArtment.: ' ,..?^vv ; ;; "■:,■;.:;;;, '. .■■■■';'-■;•''■ '• ; Invorcarglll, January '- 29.: '■;Bichard Whittiiigham, brewer, -was fined £50 for. making false. entries in books. ? ,The ■case had been-previously dismissed byOthe'. Magistrate on' the ground that"errors'.m-the . . books,were due.;simply, to Custom's' D.epartriient,' appealed ; ; to'■! t'ae Supreme' Court,■,■ which held:that there should : have been a conviction. 'Represehtataon will, ■be made to 'the Minister '.to have' the fine pamitted;' No costs were allowed;: ■ I -. '■'■',,''.■ ■ j-,-^ BARQUENTINE. :^; '■: r... .--.-.:. :,.; Dunedln, January^29.' y y-: There are stall no tidings of. the barquenf, tine Rio Loge,. arid anxiety conoerning- her: ; hai increased considerably; ;It is regarded/ as possible thai sho has been dismastediand.; , driveri; off .the coast, in which event,.she.; would have" difficulty in making-port under;, jrig.-' It;is;un6^rstood-..[Captain-V : Spenoo ; ;-iwaj. laccompanied by his wife,.arid' two childrenj ,a girl "and a boy; ;aged..aboutvl6j and 14're-.: 'spectively.''-.' Shipmasters '.. leaving port..:have.:been; instructed'to keep a look-out for the 'overdue vessel. ■ ;r : • ■: ■ J -V'' ■: J ; WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOUV :■ ' ,-i : -'.':■;--:.-'.":':.- : ; .Westport, January; 29.,, ■■! The Nelson Education, Board decided'at "a ;meeting on' Tuesday', to.. invjte fresh- applica- ■' itions'for the position of principalship;of the iWestport District ; HighScliool,.,declining:-to, make;an, appointment from,the nutted "on'account of Beo-' tion of the, School' Committee and-a publio; meeting'. The trouble . is : likely to "renewed in the: form of, another. public- .ineet-;. ■;ing."- ; ■■;■'.'.-(.•;.;':. :': : .i\J ;-'- [ \yy'*y^^)-'-, : -: : X r:^V-'^U) : F'iHAfiBqUR. ,^ARp;/ :/' ; ■ "'■ >.;"'■; : Iriyercarginy January.' i :' :in'bis''annual;'address to : the' Blufi Harbour Board to-day, Mr: :Ji 8.-Watson,.chairman, reviewed the'work.of: .The revenue had exceeded thatof year; by £2644; andthetotalreceipts (£24,948) .were a record.' The total cash £33,274. This-wasby.farTthe. heaviest .the board had ever been called upon- to face, leaving out of ;accdunt' £20;000 :borrowed for ;the dredge.in 19045, and it: spoke:well ;for the ■buoyancy oi the board's' finance that it ; had been.able'^to :ia&i. with such.<large out-; lay , without public;borrbwing. : V..-.:'.. ,: ;';' r "'. ■', rl :; r -' : THE;DE Ajis y MEMWIAI):' I ',7' t'X\ < ; ■:•[ -■■>. .' Chrlstphurch,:Januaryi?B.".='. ' v At the .'DeariS: Memorial •Committee , to- ; night an amendment that; proposed-, that' the' scholarship? be-open io'bbys'ifiom any public schoolj'inf the Dominion; provided the holder- attended "the. Christchurch Boy's! - ■High School: throughout 'the':term;: of -.; the . scholarship was discussed, but* owing to the kmallness , -of the attendance,: it was to postpone further consideration to a future ■meeting. J :>; •■■' : .'"': , ''-'-O.j : U\ '■■'•{]', .■:'■ \'yh ■):■:[.

OHINEMURI, LICENSING POLL. Walhi, January 29. Ai the inqniryv into the petition lodged against the validity of the Ohinemuri licens- < ing poll the- Court intimated that evidence for respondent would he heard, hut that it would reserve its decision on the points of law raised. THE DUTY ON BOOTS. Chrlstchuroh, January 29. The action of the executive of the Bootmakers' Union Federation regarding the agitation for the •removal of the duty on imported boots and shoes was endorsed at a very largely-attended meeting of the Christchurch Bootmakers' Union held on Wednesday. 1 ANNIVERSARY OF AUCKLAND. y Auokland, January 29. To-day, tho sixty-eighth anniversary of the province, was obsorved as a general holiday. Tho Weather was fine, after a stormy night, a galo and rain raging till daylight. The chief attractions were a sailing regatta and the Takapuna races. ~ '• NEWS IN BRIEF. Dunedin, 'January 29. Tho following prisoners were sentenced at the Supreme Court this morning :—Oscar Kossub, breaking and entering, two years' imprisonment; Robert Walter Silberman, twelve months; Thomas Patrick Flynn, two charges of bigamy, five years. Rotorua, January 29. C. F. Naden's general store'was completely destroyed by fire at half-past two o'clock 'this morning. Nothing whatever was 'saved. Nadon is a heavy loser. The insurance totals £900.