AUCKLAND.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4586, 15 September 1883, Page 2

AUCKLAND.

This day The gross receipts of the Chess Tournament amount to £350, the net receipts to £309. It is understood that the arrangements required by the new Bankruptcy Act, which comes into force on the Ist January next, will probably be made when Ministers re-assemble at These include the -appointment _of official assignees, etc., as some surprise has been created by only £1000 being set down in the Supplementary Estimates tor the whole colony. I may explain that this sum is only for three months, as the Act will not be in force till the last quarter of the next financial year, i.e., during the months of January, February and March, so the appropriation of official assignees is at the rate of £4000 per annum for the whole colony. Messrs A. D. Bennett and Thos. Macffarlane are spoken of as the probable assignees for Auckland. A Wellington telegram states that that nothing is yet settled as to the fate of George Longhurst, but it is understood that (he Governor is personally reviewing the case, and considering it afresh. Th,e Cabinet has not yefc gone into the matter, but it will probably do so next week. Little doubt is generally entertained that Longhurst will be released at an early date, in consequence of the strong expression of opinion during the debate in the House.

[Pee Pbess Association.]