INTERPROVINCIAL.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 278, 4 December 1879, Page 2

INTERPROVIN CI AL.

[ra_Bs AoxnoT.l W«i___iicotok, Thursday. There is a general concurrence of opinion tbat tbe Property Assessment Bill should be amended so as to affect only real property and investments, exempting personal chattels and effects. A meeting of accountants in bankroptcy was held to-day to consider the conduct of one of their body in connection with the trustee of bankrupt estates. An address Will be sent to the Chamber of Commerce with the object of getting the objectionable member struck off the list of accountants in Bankruptcy. Robert Port, who for many years past has occupied a high oommercial position, has assumed his estate for the benefit of his creditors. The liabilities are stated to be -E-5,000, and the assets £66,000. ___ _. _u r , Avc **<*xd, Thursday. ™ T_ « rom . the Islands states that at the High Commissionei. s Court tbe charge against the Bev George Brown for his action SL?_S___ J,g ow *£ fa "«»t-»ge*l»y the natives was withdrawn, the Commissioner considering that after the reports from the Commia- #_-_____£?" man - of - w " °n the circumstances :gw_ not a proper case in wbich to proseMastbrtok, Thursday. Amos Moore, when driving a bus from tbe races fell and fractured his thigb, and also ■astained a compound fracture on the right