LAST NIGHTS TELEGRAMS

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1582, 15 March 1879, Page 3

LAST NIGHTS TELEGRAMS

♦ [BY SUBMARINE CABLE.] ENGLISH AND FOREIGN. [eeuter’s telegrams.] London, March 12. A Russian circular note has boon issued to the Powers, pointing out that certain questions regarding the Treaty of Berlin, which are still undecided, may load to fresh local 'disturbances. isiss: [■reetbe’s telegrams.] Sydney, March 14. The Legislative Assembly last night passed by 41 votes to 2, a farewell address to the Governor, expressing approval of his administration of the government of New South Wales. [special to the press agency.] Melbourne, March 14. Mr Graham Berry repudiates the assertion of Mr Paterson, Minister of Works, that the Banks and the “Argus” have leagued together to lower the credit of the colony.

NEW ZEALAND.

[per press agency.] Auckland, March 14. Mr Reader Wood was a passenger by the mail steamer. Briton has taken the contract for the extension of the railway to Hamilton township. At the annual meeting of the Ladies’ Benevolent Society, the balance-sheet showed Receipts, £250; expenditure, £425. Mrs E. Philson was elected president. Wellington, March 14. Wallace Jones, of Leithfield, is appointed keeper of the public pound of the Kowai road district. A further extension of time for making the valuation under the Land Tax Act, from the 28th February to 28th March, has been gazetted. George Collier, while performing to-night the part of Legree in Uncle Tom’s Cabin, broke a blood vessel, but it is thought not very serious. South took the part and the performance was continued. [prom our own correspondents.] Wellington, March 14. The commission re the charges brought by Mr Thomson, Surveyor-General, against Mr Jackson, Chief Surveyor of Wellington, have reported and the Acting-Governor finally approved of the report to-day. Its purport is unfavorable to Mr Jackson, who will be asked to resign. , „ Timaru, March 14 At the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to-day much disappointment was expressed that the railway station improvements have not been commenced in accordance with Mr Macandrew’s letter to the chairnlan. It was decided to send a sharp telegram to that gentleman regarding the delay. What With the increasing traffic and the space occupied by harbor works, there is hardly room in front of the station to shunt a truck or drive a dray. Invercargill, March 14. Hopes are entertained here that at least one representative troop of Canterbury Yeomanry Cavalry will be induced to attend the Middle Island volunteer demonstration at Easter. No difficulty is anticipated re transport of horses. The total direct subscriptions, exclusive of hand concert, received to date for the Kaitangata fund, is J 6170. Mr Hislop, Secretary for Education, left for Dunedin and the North this morning. [Press Special Wire.] Wellington, March 14. Mr Mansford, R.M., gave the following judg. meat on the question as to whether a bankrupt possesses the right to sue : —“ The right of a bankrupt to sue is the most important point for me to decide. The work was done between the time of his being adjudicated a bankrupt and his obtaining hia discharge. The 68th section of Debtors and Creditors Act, 1876, provides that all property which shall come to the debtor between the bankruptcy and his 'discharge, except the tools of his trade and necessary wearing apparel and furniture to the value of £25, shall become absolutely vested in the trustee for the benefit of the creditors of the debtor. It would he unreasonable to deprive a bankrupt of the benefit of his own labor between the time of adjudication and discharge, and it is evidently not the intention of the Legislature to do so. Otherwise, why reserve to him the tools of his trade? An uncertificated bankrupt is entitled to sue for his own personal labor. This would not be property within the meaning of the Act, and the only doubt 'that arises in my mind is whether the profits of any of this contract would be deemed to be property belonging to the trustee. It is only a small matter altogether, and after deducting the_ cost of the materials used nnd the price paid for outside labor, the margin beyond what may be called personal labor would be scarcely worth the consideration of the trustee. The plaintiff has ' made out a fair claim, and is entitled to recover.” i A cable message has been received by the i Minister for Immigration, dated London, March sth, conveying full information as to the intended movements of the Stadt Haarlem, which sailed from Plymouth on the 15th ult., for New Zealand. The Stadt Haarlem brings altogether 696 immigrants, destined as follows: —For L) ttelton, 345; for Wellington, 221; for Port Chalmers, 130. She comes direct to Port Chalmers in the first instance, and lands all the Otago and Canterbury immigrant The latter will be forwarded by rail to Christchurch and intermediate stations. The Stadt Haarlem will then come on direct to Wellington, and after landing her immigrants and cargo for this port, will proceed to Lyttelton to load for her homeward voyage. The officers of the Telegraph department have raised £62 in aid of the Kaitangata Relief fund, and expect to be able to increase their contribution to J6IOO before their list is closed.