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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1645, 26 February 1886, Page 4

MrE. S. W. Butler, of Wellington, offers through his solicitors a reward or £50 for such information as, will lead to the conviction of the person who m serted id the New Zealand Times a folso notice of his (Mi* Butter's) mar ria'jje. . '" ''"'■ ; T'\ As an instance of the changes that have been effected m the working of the Bankruptcy Act of 1883 we may : mention the case the of a debtor m the court yesterday (J. I. Gerse) who ob- . tainod his discharge within a month of his petition bfting filed. Under the Act as first passed a discharge/ could not have been got m much less than twelve months. This is an improvement m the right direction, for if a debtor has the sympathy and assistance of his creditors there is no reason why he should be punished by long and vexations proceedings m court.— Chronicle. The Feildhig paper referring to Mr John. Miinson's purchase of a large area of forest land from tne Oorpor/^ion remarks that another gentleman purchased several thousand acres from the E! & C.A. Corporation, a few days ago. In an appeal against rateable value at the Feilding Assessment Court, J. F. H. ;Lynne appealed against his property being Valued at" £42 ; was willing to pay on Mr Lynne was sworn, atid said his property tfonsisfced of 15 acres grazing land, fenced, vjtth a 4-roomed cottage and a store, which he yould shut up shortly and turn iato an out- < bouse ; also an acre of orchard and garden ; Government valuation of the property was £450 ; had no idea of the value ; could neither sell it nor let it ; had tried to let it from time immemorjiaji. Mr John Sawers, Inspector 'of the bank Australasia for Jfew. South Wales, who has just returned to Sydjjey after a six months' holiday trip to %nvop§, leaves at once for Wellington to relieve the New Zealand Inspector, Mr E. W. Morrah, for a period of 12 months. On Saturday last a totara pile at the foot of the Wellington Wharf was drawn from the position it has occupied for 24 years, and was found to be as sound as I the day it W4.9 driven: The pile came from the 'Wnii'arapf a#d was one of the first tier put down at the end qf April, 1862, the first pile having been drjyen on the 27th ot that month. The timber is copper sheathed, except at . the point, . which had only an .iron shoe covering but a few inches of the wood. Although it has been all these number of years m the water there is nofc the slightest sign of the ravagas of the teredo, nor is the; wood m any way decayed. It . has been cut m lengths, and everywhere shows the same solid appearance that jfc .did when it was felled m the Wairarapa bush. TheVpilewas drawn for the express purpose ot ascertaining the power of I totara to resist the action of the water and the attacks of marine insects, and the result shows that it is invaluable for this purpose,— Pos/.