LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 42, 25 January 1916, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Private, advices received in Sydney state that the Panama Canal "pens, for traffic in March. The Federation of Labor Conierenee to consider conscription was opened in Wellington this morning. The press was excluded, hut the decisions will he published as a manifesto at the conclusion of the l Conference*.—-I*.A. A meeting of creditors in the hanarupt estate of Frank F.dward Behnier, laborer, Kohuratahi-, which was called foe this afternoon was adjourned until Tuesday, February 10. on account ol 1 none of the creditors or the bankrupt attending. The deputy official assignee Mr ,). B. Richards) reports that in a written statement received from bankrupt, the latter attributed bis failure to small wages, high cost of living, accidents, and sickness of himself, wife and family. The assets I were nil. and tjie liabilities amounted to £6T ]7s 6d. The following werh the unsecured creditors: —IT H. Hou'ard (Kohuratahi) £lB 2s lOd, Mrs | Morinsey (Kohuratahi') £4 8s <)d, Mrs MeCallum (Stratford) ,£4 Ids <>d, Rooney and Co. - Whangarnomonal £• 2d, TT. Jakes Whartga) 61 7. dd. Or. Hitchcock CWhana-" 6o Hs, Tom Davi - (Kohuratahi) £" Us dd. A. Beckham (Kohuratahi), £2O.