DISCHARGE FROM CUSTODY

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 266, 4 August 1920, Page 5

DISCHARGE FROM CUSTODY

A DEBTOR SECUEES IN OEDEE. -By Telegraph—Press ABBoolation. Auckland, August 3. _, Before Mr. Justice Snlmond an application was made by Thomas Irwin calling upon the Farmers' Co-operative So-' ciety, Hawera, to show cause why ; he Bhoiild not be discharged from custody. Irwin:hud been in gaol 6ince last Friday, when he was .arrested on a warrant- telegraphed from: Hawera alleging that he was an absconding .debtor, and intended to leave' New Zealand.. His counsel said' Irwin had no intention' of leaving the Dominion; he had not even applied for a permit. Mr./A. H. Johnstone'said the debtor owed the society ..£9lO. He had sold a farm near Patea and had received w£2OOV He,then disappeared. There was au impression,' based on something his ■ wife had. 6aid, that they were going to America./ Debtor' left certain' stock on- the farm. This was sold, but there was still £U2 owing to the society.

; Irwin gave' evidence that last MoveiriN her he purchased a farm of 220 acres for .£9900, paying no cash. Ho sold it in ■ July at a profit of, .-£llOO. After paying all debts he had.;£lGo. Meantime ho bought .cattle fori99o, but did not i>i..t for them. Before leaving Hatreni lie Rave instructions to the auctioneers of the Farmers' Co-operative Society to sell them. As the .market had dropped, the cattle realised '.£342 less than the purchase price.

• Mr; Justice' Salmond ; made au order for discharge from custody, on condition that the debtor reports daily to the police. He thought. .the creditor. was quite justified in having a warrant i«Biied, a* the man went away without leaving an address.

Hutt Hockey Club Ball. ■ The first annual dance in connection with the Hutt Hockey Club was held last night About 200 couples were present. Ihe chaperons were Mesdames Strand, and Teagle; the committee. Misses Ans is, Davidson, Dnlcv, Horman, Hurrel, Lowe, M.VLowe. Tye, and TV arnes, and Messrs. Barry. Eddie, Gineer F. Lusty, and A. Smith. iho decorations were of an artistin nature, the general scheme fcinfS ned out in maroon. The balustrades of he gallery .was draped with flags arranged in archways, and to the balcony which looked effective .with its coS of lycopodium,- were'suspended maroon, streams, from'which fell ball«n?o the same shade;. Suspended froni the curtain over the «tage was a sWn- o flaw with a large balloon in tre and -a fancy bell at each end Jl% portion of the stage set aside for the orchestra was arranged in' the form of an arbor.- The supper room was also prettily decorated. Excellent murio'SS •upphed by Braund's Elite Orchestra

oi fafcten College, Cambridge, has ccle boated her 80th birthday: Most iml-l ant advances m secondary education for girls and in higher education for -onion "v? <'l'e to her effort, tho while she kept beVore her the gcal of equal, opportunities for women in 'mivors"y education as for men, and withstood an temptation to smooth the way by sacrificing something of the ideal. Miss lJavies was a pioneer in the movement tor women's suffrage, the first petition tor which she and Mrs. Garrett Anderson presented to John Stuart Jim M years ago. / The coasts of the United .Kingdom arcsp well supplied with lighthouses and lightships, that a vessel, sailing round these islands by night, need only be out ot sight of a lantern six times. '