The Felding Star. KIWITEA AND OROUA COUNTY GAZETTE. Published Daily. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 12, 1894. DEEDS OF ASSIGNMENT.

Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 66, 12 September 1894, Page 2

The Felding Star. KIWITEA AND OROUA COUNTY GAZETTE. Published Daily. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 12, 1894. DEEDS OF ASSIGNMENT.

We are much pleased to learn that the Government have taken some steps to effectually put a stop to tbe practice of debtors executing private deeds of assignment in order to evade the provisions of the Bankruptcy Act. We are indebted to the Wellington Post for the information that " The Minister for Justice is introducing a Bankruptcy Act Amendment Bill to provide that any deed of assignment shall be wholly void unless expressly made in favour of at least two trustees who are also creditors, and that provision be made that every claim not exceeding £5, as well as every debt for wages of any amount, be paid in full. The deed of assignment must be registered under the Chattels Transfer Act, and within seven days of its execution the trustees must advertise the fact, and call a meeting of creditors. Every deed of assignment will be liable to a £5 stamp duty, and must be dated on the day on which it is executed. Every debtor making such a deed shall submit to public examination before the Court as if he were a bankrupt. Im prisonment for not more than two years, with or without hard labour, is provided as the penalty for an offence agaiDSt this Act, as though the assigning debt«r were a bankrupt. Sections 127 and 141 to 147 of the Bankruptcy Act are made to apply to debtors executing assignments. The Bill is in. tended virtually to put an end to private assignments. It also clears up obscure provisions of the Bankruptcy Act regarding the status of Deputy Assignees, who are in it empowered to act as though they wore Official Assignees. The cost of petitioning debtors under the Bankruptcy Act are to be limited to costs not paid before bankruptcy. Discharge shall uot re lease a bankrupt from any debts due to the Crown." We will have more to say on the subject when the full test of the proposed amending Act is before us. Local and General News. _ — — _ — «. The Star was issued at a later hour to-day than usual, owing to some repairs having to be made to the machine. A petition is being signed at Otaki asking the Bank of New Zealand to open a branch there. There will be a meeting of the Shooting Committee of the Manchester Rifles after the parade on Thursday night. We nave to thank Mr A. E. Welsh for a complimeutary ticket for the concert and dance to be held in the Pohangina School on Friday next. Minahs are very plentiful in the Wairarapa, and the Times there expects these birds will be a nuisance in the fruit season. We would sooner have birds steal our fruit then boys. Wo regret to hear that Mr Taunt, formerly an officer in the Feilding Branch of the Bank of New- Zealand, died at Auckland a short time ago. He has left a widow and one child to mourn their loss. Mr Joseph Darragh received his first consignment of wool packs to-day, aud other necessaries for sheep farmers, full particulars of which will be advertised to-morrow. We have to thank Mr Costall, Government Printer, for a copy of a pamphlot entitled " How to Patent an Invention, or Register a Trade Mark or Industrial Design," by Mr W. B. Haseldcn, barrister, patent agent, Wellington. Mr J. W. Kelly, M.H.R., ha* given notice of an amendment to the Railway Bill, tbe effect of which will be to give every employe a continuous week's leave of absence annually, instead of the three separate days wow giveu. The ratepayers of the Borough ace reminded that an election to fill three vacancies in the Council will be held tomorrow. The candidates are— Messrs A. R. Allan, Walter A. L. Bailey, E. Goodbehere and J. C. Thompson. Although the production of the " Messiah " in Palmerston last evening was, as far &* the musical portion was concerned, a ojjoat decided success, it was uot so financially, as the attendance was very poor. However, this did not 41 damp the ardour " of tjje various performers, as the orchestra, soloists, and in fact the whole of those who tjook part in the performance, acquitted , themselves admirably, many of the solos, etc., being heartily appjauded. We are asked to state that the Walter A. Wood Co. intend exhibiting at th,c cattle sale on Friday next, one of the latest and most improved American Seed, Grain and Manure Drilh*. Although this drill has only been introduced into Canterbury this season its sales have been extraordinary ; in every case at trials orders have been booked upon the ground, such sple**di/J work having been done by this drill. Mr Pickering will be in attendance to show the special features to all those interested. The Farmers' Alliance axe agents for W. Woods-m achinery.

Captain Edwin wired to-day : — Same indications as yesterday. The trees planted during Arbor Day (last year) want the weeds removed from around them. The Directors of the Feildiug Building Society met yesterday. They re- , viewed the transactions of the Society since its inception, and the results show a satisfactory profit for the period. At the Waipawa S M. Court last week D. Munro was charged with neglecting to clflar his land of rabbits. Inspector McPbtrson gave evidence in support of the charge, and defendant. w'«o did not appear, was fined £2 10s, costs 14s. expenses L 3 os 6d, and solicitor'! fee Ll Is. A clergyman catechising hia class in Church History asked in reference to St. Jerome. ' What book was he author of ?' The answer came promptly. ' Please sir ' Three men in a boat." Another catechising on the subject of Baptism, asked the outward sign or seal there was of the Covenant ? And received the reply. Vaccination, Sir !' Last evening between five and six o'clock a somewhat daring robbery was committed, when some person extracted over £2 in silver from the till in Mr H. V. Pickering's butcher shop. An employe who was attending to the shop had occasion to go to the back of the premises, and on returning missed the monoy. The police were at once informed of tho occurrence, but up to the present the thief has not been found. Some petty pilfering was perpetrated in Feilding yesterday, when an unknown thief stole two pairs of boots from the premises of the New Zealand Clothing Factory. Several pairs were hanging outside the window during the day, and when these and other articles exhibited outside were being taken in previous to closing in the evening, the boots were missed. The theft was reported to the police, but no clue has been found as to the guilty person. On Monday evening last as Mr J. C. Fowler was leading his horse, attached to a trap, along the road near Peep-o'-Day, the horse shied and went over the cutting into the gully below, the road at this spot being very narrow owing to portions of it having slipped. There was a little girl in the trap when the horse shied, but on seeing the danger she jumped out. The vehicle had a shaft broken and was otherwise damaged. A French scientific journal gives some statistics of the annual cost of food per head of various Europtan nations. The Englishmen is at the head and the Kussian at the bottom of the list, and between them come in the following order the French, tho Germans, the Spaniards, and the Italinns. In the consumption of flesh food the Englishman is at the top. and the Itnhnn comes last. The Frenchman is secoml, and after him is the German, then the Russian, and then the Spaniard. Yesterday afternoon as Mr G. Hall was driving into Feilding from Beaconsfield, in company with Miss M. Rutherford, he met with an accident which, fortunately, did not result seriously. In coming up the steep hill opposite Mr Cuningham's he overtook a spring cart going in the same direction. The horse he was driving would not stand, and commenced to back, with the result that the sulky and its occupants went over the cutting. However, beyond a shaking and broken harness nc damage was done. A writer in tho New Zealand Times to promote temperance suggests an tct should be pas.-cd providing that: — " Any policeman having reasonable grounds for suspecting that any person has evaded the Act, may arrest such person and take him to the residence of the nearest medical practitioner, who on being required to do go, shall apply the stomach pump to such person, and should the contents of his stomach, after analysis by the Government Analyst, prove to contain alcohol, such person shall be at once charged before the Stipendiary Magistrate with breach of the Statute, and senteuced to six months' imprisonment with hard labor." Says the Wellington Press; — A resi dent of Eiddiford street, Newton was aroused at an early hour on Monday by an unusual disturbance — hifch words and stem commands On looking out at bis window to ascertain the cause, he was the witness of an evidently intended elopement. The cab was there and at its »ide a gay youth, in altercation with an elderly man, presumably his would be wouldn't be father in law. The old man got his way, and the intended bride was compelled, with evident reluctance to come forth from the carriage, and accom pany her father home. Meanwhile the marriage Is postponed sine die. It is >upposed that the young people were on the way to catch an early train. An impression prevails "down the line " that the hotels in Wanganui are " run " for the convenience of the resident* only* The presence of commercial or other travellers, is to be discouraged at all hazards. It is wicked for a Wanganui man to be out of bed after 10 o'clock at night, so an arrangement is to be made whereby all theatrical performances, bun struggles or other excitements, shall begin at seven o'clock instead of eight to enable him to get home iv good time. A Wanganui man cannot be wicked until after ten o'clock at night when the weary bagman arrives by train to lead him astray, He comes specially for the Wanganui man, therefore the hotels are to be closed against him. In closing his series of lectures in Sidney, Dr Talraage assumed the role of the prophet, and peeringinto thefuture far as hutnau ken can see, declared that Australia was going to be the focus ;of the world's emigration. It would in lime be peopled by 100,000,000 inhabitants. On his return to the States he should tell the 3"00 newspapers which printed hie discourses, and the 76,000,000 who rei 4 them that Australia was the coming world The time would come when the plough and the harrow would turn up more gold from Australian soil than all the miners of the present or the past had ever discovered. He rejoiced before God that Australia, like his own country, was going in the right direction, and that tho promise for the future was pood. The entertainment to be held in the Assembly Rooms on Friday evening next, in connection with St. John's Church, should be a most enjoyable one. The programme includes the namos of such favourites as Mrs Oldham, Mrs R. Jones, Misses N. Fry, Diamond, Roe, Brunette, Greenwood, and amongst the gentlemen taking part are the names of Messrs Meadows, Tresseder, Matheson, Johnston, Woollams and lunes Jones. The fan song in Japanese costume by six young ladies should prove a very pleasing feature of the evening. During the interval refreshments will be handed ffrgpd- As this is the first entertainment giyen by the Church people during the last 14 Bio^tJ^s it is hoped tbut it will be well patronised,