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Temuka Leader, Issue 2501, 11 May 1893, Page 3

Held Over —Sav rel corrcspo Idents’ letters are held over until our next issue. Bankruptcy. Mr Ju-ftce Richmond has decided, in the cases of working men contracting large debts and having no assets and then coming for relief to the Bankruptcy Court, that their certificates shall be suspended until they have contributed something towards the estate, to be divided among the creditors. The case which has supplied the occasion for this decision was that of a night watchman at a factory, having a salary of £2 a week, who, nevertheless, contracted debts to the amount of nearly .El 50 The bankrupt said sickness in his family was the c-au-u of'lncoming before tin; court His Honor w.xof opinion that the excuse might be sufficient to account for the debtor being in d fiicnlties hut it was not .-uflici. nt to justify his escaping from any payment whatever to his creditors. Many eases of that kind came before the court where people upon working wages, not more than sufficient to keep them, got recklessly into debt and came to the Bankruptcy Court to be relieved of their obligations altogether. In the present instance the learned judge ordered the bankrupt to pay £4O to his creditor! before his certificate could have any effect of relieving him. This is not exactly a new rule altogether. It il ustrates the legal aphorism that a good ju ige will enlarge his jurisdiction. The late Mr Justice Gillies laid down a similar rule in such eases in the bankruptcy practices of the Supreme Court, but according to that learned judge the suspension was without condition, and the debtor had to make a fresh applicatihn for his dieharge, and show cause that he had done

Ilia best to satisfy his creditors, and furnish proof that they were so far satisfied tu .t they gave their assent to the order being made. —Otago Daily Times. Ben Tillet. an English labor leader sa£.': *• We swear we will use force of arms if need be to pro ec.t our homes and our mat to lire.” Mr Baltour at Belfast said : “ Circumstances may arise to justify Irish Unionists in taking up arms to resist Home Rule.” One of these speakers has been committed to take his trial for sedition. Guess which. Holloway’s Pills and Ointment.— Rheumatism and Gout. —These purifying and soothing remedies deserve the earnest attention of ail persons liable to gout, sciatica, or other painful affections of the muscles, nerves, or joints. The Ointment should be applied after the affected parts have been, patiently fomented with warm water, when the Ointment should be diligently rubbed upon the adjacent skin, unless the friction causes pain. Holloway’s Pills should be simultaneously taken to dimmish pain, reduce inflammation, and purify the blood. This treatment abates the violence, and lessens the frequency of gout, rheumatism, and all spasmodic diseases which spring from hereditary predisposition, or from any accidental weakness of constitution. The Ointment checks the local malady while the. Pills restore vital power.