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Inangahua Times, Volume IV, Issue 58, 22 August 1877, Page 2

A large batc^ of appljcatjoqa fop removal from tbe list o,f qqntribntoyiflu in tbe Rainy Oroek Company v?as djspoae^ of at t^ie oifctingß of the Distript Court, but the. list has not yet been exhausted.- The 1 application* of Edward Masters, Njoho} Ilamsay, Jampa Middleton, B. Gough, and others, will be dealt with ut the sittings of the Court in September next. j At the last sitting flf the Cflurt two, bankrupts, rnarrjed own,, uppljed for o.rdera of discharge on, the Baq^'e a.nd singulatly «npugh tho " oause of ingolyanpy " in each case wag, get down to liabilities incurred by their respective spouses priqr to roarriage. Mr Staite \n moving for the orders admitted tho singularity of tb.e circumstance, but verged that the fact was as represented, $t is needless to say the orders, which were unopposed, v^ere. granted. In the District Court on Thursday last, Mr South, on behalf of William Runcie, of E6k\tii% mqved that the, name of the applicant be. r.em.oTed fv.Qm the list of co.ntributories in the Bainy Creel? Company, in respect to 200 shares alleged, to hdvo been, transferred tq ono M'Ken?io. Eyideqco of the most damning character ip the shape pf letters written by Eunoie were put inancl rea.d, which showed olearly that the alleged transfer was a aham. The Court refused thQ ap.plicqtiqn 9s costs against Kunoie. In, the District Court on Eriday last, Mr Reid, 9,n b\e^alf qf the liquidator mqved for an order ap,proy\ng of the plan of distribution in the ma,tte.r of the finding up, of the. Golden Treasure Company. He said that the only matter upon which the plan was incomplete w,as, in reference to the plaim of tho Nation al Bank fojj. interest. Tho manager o,f the Bank, Mr Kirton, was absent in Wellington. The liquidator understood tho Court to have ruled that interest was chargeable. His Houor said an opinion had been expressed by him that in th,e abstract interest could bo oharged, but it w,ould perhaps be well to give the Bank an opportunity of being heard before decidmg upqri the claim. The matter was therefore tyliourned, to, the next sitting of the Court. In disposing of Mr application for. removal, from the list of cpntributories in the matter of the liquidation of tbp Rainy Creek Cqmpa,ny A in tb,e District Court, on Thursday last, BJis Honor, said i In th^s case % am glad th,at th,e applicant has attended tq, jn.ake. a p.ewonal explanation in th,ui matter.. At the U»s,t sitting of th,e Cou;rt, w.h^Rn, th,e. cffcso waß opened,, \ m,u,Bt confess that; the faojja d,id. Seem to, w,eip,b, againsjt tlj.e applicant, di,d 4een\ ?t rai ?5 c - % afc ° ™ an coucerned in a failing Company should have Bucceed,ed. in obtawing <?n,e of his own employes to tak.e over th,a Ijttb^ity,, a^nd that coupled with the .sudden djaappearanop. of the transferee seemed to. B.trejtigtb,eo th,e \iew w.hjcb the Court w,a? disposed, to of the case, But Mr Hunger* fprd'fl expjanatiop has quite, cleared up these, a,t t(h.e first fl,u^h, euspipiou* cu-cams.tances, and, it Roams. tha,t unless the Court; were to cpjne to. tho. conclusion, that Mr Hungerford had deliberately perjured. h;mself tjhore is no course but to,or,der h,is name to be r.emoyod from th,e. list, T-he opplicAn.t ha,d been, subjected to.opo of th,o njjnutieß.tcross.«examina^on.B possible, and, nojihiug elipiteil to shalj^o his statement. The eirc.u,ms,tanqe3 might in themselves appear strange, bu,t tjher,e w^aanpt a tittle of proof of mpla,fifle9 t an/j, consequently the Court had no option but to, mak^e the order of release. Name ord^rei^ to, be. vompyed apcordingly. At Bow, street pqjioo etatipn, |jpndqp Mr Tayloy, manages? of the. Tayistqck H.ot.el, cOTen.t-gardjßP, applied, to, Sir. J^m,es fyigham, under th,« fqllow.ing circumstiaaoes :.-— Se stated that R gpntleman arrired att;hehqj;el from Melbqivr/ie a^ f?w days ago w t ith, a draft on a .Londop backer., for, £1000, H« w,aa very eccentric, went to. the bank, and obtained notes for £1000, and had ever, since behaved in tho rcost extraordinary mjH\ner, spattering tho notes, about in all directions, and. getting ride of about £50Q in one day. Ho hfid thrown them about tho hotel in a most reckless manner, and witness had collected many of them, whilst the gontleman. hp,d placed others, amounting tobetween £200 and £300, ia his possession, desiring witness to take care of them, and lot him have them one by one as they were wanted. Mr. Taylor, who appeared unaoquainted with this Australian shepherd's system of entrusting the mon,ey to thp landlord till it was spent, wished to bo relieved from, the responsibility. A gentleman who accompanied Mr Taylor said ho was a friend of the person, who w s aa uudpubtedly of unsound mind. Ho came to Ojaim posseasipn of thp notes, and, said ho had ■ raised- a tombstone over the grava of « near relative of the gontleman, and he was anxious 'to tnlp some stops to Bend him back to \ Australia. Sir J|ameß IngUam, said, he had n.O gower to interfere, and. advised thp person to, conioi- with t.he.commiss'iqnerg in lunacy. Thp Eer. Dr Qiregg, vioar of, East 1 Harborne, neasßjrmjngham, announced. some time ago.thafc in, conspquooce of dissatisfaction w,ith, Ritualistic, deyelopmen]ts in the Church of England, ho should probably f«el himself obliged to resign his living and to, withdraw, from tho Church. Ho lifts now issued, an adfiross to his pnvislnonors, stating that he httt> finally decided upop taking this step, Refor.r* ing. to, the Bennett, ondj Ridadalo cases, hp says:— " As aa Euangelipul,clergy- ' man. I cannot now,, acccpf all t\p legislative enactments of the Church of England, as by law established. The only reason, w^ich, I can assign is for conscience sake. Ij respect the law. I cannot, cqpscien.tiously. accept its interpretation. I eanpq); ljpnourably evade its decisions. Honco thoru. remains for me but one course— separation.. I shall abandon,

my portion irith pain, yot feel thankful that I have Jijie poq'tyg* tp act according to the atandarc| qf my bclipf. My affection for the Clmrch ie unabated. Lfy degiro fpr its welfare is sincere." In a po^crigt Dr Cj-regg ad,ds that ho ht\s accepted an iayitation; to become the incumbent of a churcl^ and cqngregatipo, tl^e raejnb.ers pf wb,ich have recently ceased to \ycjrship in tb,ei Chi^rcb qf England,.