NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 140, 13 December 1897, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Dunedin, December 10. . At a Chamber sitting to day a winding I up order was made at the instance of , the Bank of New Zeilaud as tbe portioning creditor in respect of the Dunedin Timber and Hardware Company Limited, and also in respect of tbe City 1 Sawmilling Company, Limited, each of theso companies being an adjunct to ' Me-srs Outline and Co. Mr Sim | consented to the order, but did not 1 ndruit that tbe Bank was entitled to the 1 sains claimed. Orders wero made sanctioning an agreement fur the Bale of tho debts to the Ward Farmers' Association, in liquidation, of Messrs R. A. Anderso- and John Fisher. Auckland, December 11. Obituary— J. C. Firth, formerlvof tbe firm of Thornton, Smith and Firth. Jas. White, on a charge of false pretences, ban been committed for trial The body of an infant, prematurely born, was found floating in an open sewer iv Mechanics' Bay. At the Police Conrt Edward Thomas, who had bolted from the Hagey Institute and, though a prohibited person, got very drnuk, was remanded for medical treatment for eight days. Weilington, December 13. The Miowera, which arrived late this afternoon from Sydney, had a rough trip across, the engines having to be slowed down three day?. On Thursda)', at 6.30 a in , a seaman, William Manson, waß knocked down on the forecastle head by a sea, aud died in two hours from injuries received. Wellington, This Day. Tho Gothic arrived from London at 6 a.m. She had a wonderful sm*oth passage aud a larger passenger list than on any previous trip. At the Cape she landed ION passengers, and embarked h:5, nud she brings 243 for New Zealand, among whom are Bishop aud Mrs Noviilo, of Donedin. Palmerston N.. This Day. A child named Olive Dobbs, aged seven years, was burned to death at her father's house at Hokowhitu last Batur day morning, through her dress catching fire.