TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5146, 20 September 1877, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(PER PRESS AGENCY.) Auckland, Wednesday. At a meeting of creditors iu the estate of H. S. Meyers and Co., the trustee reported that the estate, which was valued in the schedule at £II,OOO, only realised £747 2s. Id. (sic). The bankrupt’s discharge was opposed by Mr. Connell, of Melbourne, and Mr. Ivey, of the Bank of New South Wales. The latter was debarred from voting on an objection raised by the bankrupt’s solicitor, that being a secured creditor and having only a contingent claim he could net vote unless he had ascertained the value of his claim in the manner prescribed by the Act. The bank’s solicitor protested that the Act did not provide the manner of ascertaining the amount ; but the Chairman ruled that the vote would be illegal. The majority voted for the bankrupt's discharge. The barque Glencoe, part of the estate, was purchased by Captains Daldy and Casey for £875 (sic). Pote, charged with manslaughter, was remanded till Friday. Hokianga, Wednesday. On Sunday last, during a heavy S.W. gale, a boat containing two sons of Mr. Hardiman, a settler, capsized. Both were drowned. Caps and paddles were afterwards found, but the boat and bodies are still missing. Taukanga, Wednesday. At a largely attended meeting last night the Native Land Sales Suspension Bill was de- ■ nounced, and a resolution passed calling upon Captain Morris to oppose the Bill most stenu- ' ously. Grahajistown, Wednesday. A meeting was held to-day to consider the desirability of giving some public testimonial to the men who so gallantly rescued three i miners from the Caledonian mine on Monday, during the influx of carbonic acid gas. A large committee was appointed, and subscriptions are to be collected. The names of the men who distinguished themselves in rescuing their mates at the peril of their own lives are Radford, Leith, Morrison, and Irwin. The , three men rescued are recovering. One was several hours in the bad air insensible in one of the chambers, and Irwin made a dash into , the chamber and dragged the inanimate body out. An inquiry as to how the mine became flooded with gas while the men were allowed to be working, is demanded; but as a mining inspectorship is in abeyance there appears to be no person authorised to make the inquiry. Dunedin, Wednesday. It is stated that the following gentlemen will constitute the Royal Commission,to report upon the High School dispute;—Messrs. H. S. Chapman, H. J. Tancred (Chancellor of the New Zealand University), and the Hon. Dr. Menzies. Christchurch, Wednesday. . A man named Karloy Klent was arrested to-day, charged with stealing a horse the property of Mr. Lenny, of Napier. Two shocks of earthquake were experienced at Kowai Pass on Monday last. Nelson, Wednesday. Dr. Bligh, who recently went into practice with the late Dr. Cotterill, and has had an excellent business, committed suicide by taking prussic acid this afternoon. A letter left shows that it was premeditated, but no cause can be assigned for the commission of the rash act.