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Evening Star, Volume VII, Issue 1959, 16 August 1869, Page 2

Supreme Court. —Mr Justice Ward held a sitting in bankruptcy this morning, when the following business w:i« transacted :—On the motion of Mr Hodgkins, Daniel Fisher was adjudged a bankrupt, and the first meeting of creditors was fixed for

the 3lst its taut.—ln the followin’ cases th usual oidc' s of discharge w< re granted : Martin Dillon, A. H. Swan, Wm M'Kenny, and William Acton.—The application of William Briggs, for a final discharge, was postponed for a week, as the bankrupt had not • lei the usual statemon s!as t ■ causes of ins Ivency.—Toe appointment of James Adam, as trustee in the estate of William Wyber, was confirmed There were two opposed cases —Re James Ne son. Mr Hag gitt appeared for the bankrupt, who was examined by Mr Wilson, on behalf of a creditor. He said that he commenced business as a grocer about 13 mou hs ago, and during tliat time contracted debts to the amount of over L‘2oo. The store was attended to by his wife, and he worked on the (fovori inent dr.dgeata salary of LI4 per month, fiis book debts amounted to L4O, and some of the money had been got in. He could not exactly say to what causes his loses were attributable; but he believed that they partly arose f om buying goods at too liigh a price. He did not remember stating at the meeting of creditors that his assets were L 123. About three months ago, he gave a list to Messrs Macfarlane & Co., his largest creditors, showing his assets at L 123 11s ; his book debts about that time were about L6O or L7O, and the stock in trade worth alxiut L 53. He did not understand the business, and at the time he entered into it he did not much care about it. He owed Macfarlane and Co. L 147, hut he never promised to give them a bill of sale. They knew his position all along. He was insolvent when he commenced business. He was always in debt and got deeper every month. He stopped his credit about three months before he filed his declaration, and afterwards paid for things as he got them. tie denied had.g sai l he would go to the Fijis. or to at lie did not care what Macfarlane and Co. did, as he could spend three months in gaol during the winter season. He tiled his declaration on June 27 ; and a week before that he obtained goods from Messrs Wilson and Birch, and aMr Moore. He left the dredge about a mouth before, in consequence of his wif ’«ill-health. Mr Macfarlane proved that the bankrupt had purchased goods at wholesale prices, and a olerk testified to his having made the statements with reference to the Fijis which he had denied. Mr AV ilaon urged that the bankrupt’s certificate should be suspended, because he failed to declare himself a bankrupt earli r, and because he had contracted debts without reasonable expectation of being able to pay them. The Judge suspend'd the bankrupt’s discharge for two months. —Re Thomas Davidson. The bankrupt was examined at some length by Mr Smith, who subsequently intimated that he would withdraw further opposition. His Honor expressed himself perfectly satisfied with the bankrupt's examination. As some necessary statements had not been filed, the case was adjourned for a week. The Court then adjourned. The “ Gazette.” —It is notified in the New Zealand Gazette of the 6th instant, that Thomas Tayler, Ksq., of Port Chalmers, has been appointed a justice of the peace for the Colony. The clerks of petty sessions are empowered to frank letters or packets on the public service. On Dit.—That an action for assault, in which a City Councillor and a well-known citizen are the principals, will come on for hearing before the Resident Magistrate tomorrow morning.

Thames Goldfields. The New Zealand Gazette «f August G contains application for the registration of thirty-two new companies. The paid-up capital of these companies is L 502,062 10s. There are also applications for a few companies, whose operations will be conducted in Wellington. The capital of these is comparatively trilling. An Auckland contemporary of August 2 has the following : —Two statements which are made on good authority will afford some idea of the rapid, advance in the p ice of shares at the Thames. From a share list published, it was found that amongst a total of 87 companies there was capital to the amount of L 1.270,201,.270,201, and the advances on the selling rates of shares amounted in one week to over L 534,175.