A STORMY BANKRUPTCY MEETING.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 354, 27 March 1889, Page 4

A STORMY BANKRUPTCY MEETING.

Palmerstom North, March 23. At a meeting of creditors in trie estate of cL. Alhn^ham, bootmaker (in which G. Foster, McArthur and Co., antf Bull and Uo., all of Auckland, are the principal creditors), several stormy scones took place between Mr. T. Hull, storekeeper, .md the bankiupt. It is only about twelve months since the bankrupt reueivod his discharge, and he was then oenfeured for not k> eping a ca u h-book. L'he bankrupt admitted he kept no uccouni •)t his cash transactions. A motion to do without a public examination was carried, >ut the Deputy Official Assignee did not igree with thin, and stated that unless the "ankrupt gave him a full account of his •ash receipts and expenditure, he would nave him publicly examined on his own account.

Mrs Vicey Chance, of Polk county, Ark., is reputed to be 122 years old. She has a son who is 88. A gentleman who has lately visited the wonderful limestone caves at Waitomo, in the King Country, says it would be impossible to givo an adequate description oi their beauty, and he is of opinion that as* it becomes known and explored it will attractas many tourists a&theJLakeCountry. The employees of the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company )\*ve mooted the idea of forming themselves into a rifle corps. There are about 1,500 men in the employ of the Company— young and ot good | hysique — some of them already ,beinjr well drilled and all amenable to discipline.