WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6712, 23 May 1883, Page 6

WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

! ; |PROM .ODE-OWN CORRESPONDENTS.] , Hamilton, Tuesday.- ' .At the.-District Court, yesterday,.. Harry jMullions,': for whom Mr. O'Neill appeared, discharge under the 184 th section of; the Act, the creditors having ;xaile.cl:tu give him such discharge by allow--ingi-Hhe Vmeeting called for that purpose to .ilapse^rine*diei- --'Mr. Hay opposed. - 'Mr. -.O'Neill., objected to the appearance of; Mr, -Hay; on the ground that onlj' tix, not seven, :clear„days notice of such opposition had been .given.. The . Court ruled the objection good:®;.Mr. k Hay then asked to appear for the Trustee. .. The Court decided that he could appear- for the Trustee, but not to,'oppose. .. Mr. Hay then asked to appear JuV-'support ,of the Trustee's report, and ■ Mr/ O'Neill asked what possible use there icould be of such appearance? Was Mr. Hay. assist the debtor in getting his discharge'.? Mr. Hay said as the question had 'been asked he would answer it. The case, - the Court would "see by the report, was a 'most flagrant one : the debtor also had kept -no books, there was no estate, and Judge Gillies had ruled that where there was no estate there should be no discharge. He asked the . Judge to read the report and evidence. ;' Mr. O'Neill replied that though there appeared to be no estate, practically there had been, for debtor, some two months before.filing in May, ISS2, having received payment,-, for a contract, paid away some ,liSO,-j)ro ; rata ainoDg his creditors, and jthen filed." " His Honor having read the re:port- and evidence, said that under the ; circumstances he could do no'other than grant the "discharge, though he' did so un,willinglyiV_after having read the evidence before him.'* ■" *"'"■■'"■". ■?..

The':.long ' suit of" the Waikato-. County . Council VisKatima; for rates, has been ended at last. The caso has been a standing one in both the -Resident Magistrate's Court and ..:P.istrict; : and .the defendant, by raising objections; lias been able to protract proceedings for fullya 3*ear. He had, however, been .cornered at last, and yesterday in the District.: Court paid some £18 into Court, allow.Trig,the. remainder of the claim—£2s 3s 6d— ;to go for. plaintiff by default. y'Mr.- Seth Smith, the District Judge, deliA'eredf'his' lecture on the "History of ..Writing," in the Public Hall last night. The Rev.-O'C; Biggs presided, but there was but a small attendance.' The lecture itself was exceedingly, interesting and entirely relieved of;the dry-as-dust character, which so many feared the subject would necessarily entail.' .. : It is' believed that Messrs. Beanchamp Brothers' estate, in the hands of Mr. Ham-mond;-will realisa far more than was expected, 1 probably 20s in the poand, certainly a" very satisfactory dividend.

Ngaeiawahia, Tuesday. :r T .The annual election of five trustees for the Newcastle Road District takes place on the 7th June, and the nomination of candidates 'On the 31st inst.; nominations to be sent in by noon of that day to the place of nomination, Mr. Washer's house, at Pukete, or addressed to the Acting-Returning Officer, Mr. E. Hall, at the Post Office, Ngaruawahia, up to the 30th inst.

hi- Mr. T. V. Fitzpatrick, who has been suffering from a severe attack of congestion of the lungs,'.: ia now considered by his medical attendant, out. of danger, and may be expected to get about again in the course of a week .or ten days.