NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 266, 15 May 1896, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

I Per Press Association.! Wellington, May 13. Judge Denniston, who held a sitting of the Bankruptcy Court to-day, told one applicant for discharge that a more elaborate attempt to swindle a particu lar creditor he had never seen The bankrupt, whose name was W. F. Smart, had paid all his creditors except Nelson, Moate & Co., who refused to make a reduction in their account while the others did. He had also spent £38 in supplies for his family. The application was refused. The insurances on the Wellington Biscuit Factory (owned by Howden Bros.), which was destroyed by fire yesterday, are as follows :— Building - £500 in the Royal Exchange ; stock — £300 in the National (half re- insured in North German), £170 Northern, £50 Phoenix— total £520 ; machinery— £62o New Zealand, £150 Phceuix, £P0 Northern—total £850. Total amount of insurances, £1370. The firm are heavy losers by the fire. This Day. Mr C. A. Ewan has resigned the position of Manager of the Bank of New Zealand at New Plymouth in order to take up the position of Manager of the Wellington branch of the New Zealand Insurance Company, vice J. C. Hannn, who has been appointed Inspector of the Company. Invercakgill, May 14. Alexander Munro, an old settler, dropped dead in the street on his way home. He appeared to be in robust health. The cause of death was apoplexy. A medical ma°n was to-day fined £20 and bound over to keep the peace for assaulting a servant girl with a candle stick, half the fine to go to the . girl, whose teeth were loosened by the blow. Auckland, May 14. A Maori named Nuta, 120 years old, is missing in the Coromandel ranges. Search parties have been unable to trace him. A heavy northeaster prevails, and there is bad weather on the coast. Coasting steamers have taken shelter, j Vessels which have arrived state there ! is heavy weather outside. The brigantine Ocean Rover, from Lyttelton to Noumea, put into Russell with her spars and rigging badly damaged. The Native Parliament at Tokannu has prorogued. A petition to the Queen to have further signatures appended, and an embassy, is to be despatched to England next year. The Treaty of Waitangi is the basis of their grievances. Christchurch, May 14. The Hon. J. McKeuzie addressed a large meeting at Eaiapoi last night. He received a vote of thanks for his address and a vote of confidence in the Government also being carried unanimously. Oamaru, May 14. The balloting for Qi sections in the Ardgowan estate took place to-day, but only 41 were got through. There were 1640 applications, and the drawing will probably be concluded to-morrow. Out of the successful applications, 14 are females and only five of the successful applicants are from outside the Oamaru district.