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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8460, 10 June 1907, Page 5

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ALLEGED CONSPIRACY. SYDNEY, June 8. A sequestration order has been granted against the estate of Abraham Myerson and Maurice Myerson, merchants, trading as the American Shirt Company and as the Phoenix Clothing Manufacturers, who have been arrested on a charge of conspiring to defraud their creditors. Evidence on behalf of the petitioning creditors, who include a number of large city firms, set out that the liabilities are over £25,000, and the assets £II,OOO. The Myersons have been selling heavy stocks of goods at auction Jielow cost price, and drawing large sums from the bank of which no account is given in their books. ACCIDENT TO THE TOMOANA. SYDNEY, June 8. The Tomoana, which was damaged when about to depart on June 2nd by the blowing out of her high-pressure cylinder, has been repaired, and has resumed her voyage to London. A MELBOURNE MYSTERY. DIAMOND MERCHANT MURDERED. MELBOURNE, June 8. Mr Barnett Bauer, a well-known diamond merchant, was discovered in his office, Modern Chambers, Collins Street, last evening, with his skull fractured in several places. He died after being removed to the hospital. Though there are no signs of a struggle, Mr Bauer has evidently been brutally murdered. The affair is a complete mystery. A friend, who saw Mr Bauer ten minutes before the body was discovered, found the door of the office locked. No one in the building heard any suspicious sounds. Received June 9, 4.59 p.m. MELBOURNE, June 9. Evidently robbery was the motive for the murder, as Mr Bauer had a habit of carrying a bag containing thousands of pounds' worth of precious stones and pearls, depositing them in a bank overnight. This bag is missing. It is stated to have contained gems worth two or three thousand pounds. There are indications that Mr Bauer was struck down when weighing the diamonds on scales on the office table. His hat was pierced where the fatal blows were struck. Mr Bauer was a partner in the firm of Messrs Bauer, Shaumer and Bauer, importers and dealers in precious stones, doing a very large business throughout Australasia. They own a pearling fleet at Broome.

CIVIL SERVANTS AND THE INCOME TAX. Received June 9, 4.59 p.m. MELBOURNE, June 9. The High Court has declined leave to appeal to the Privy Council in the income tax cases. As a result of the decision, Sir John Forrest, Federal Treasurer, states that a Federal Bill will be introduced to provide for the collection of a State income tax from Commonwealth officers. i INTER-UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE. Received June 9, 4.59 p.m. MELBOURNE, June 9. In the Inter-University Boat Race, Sydney beat Victoria by three lengths. Adelaide was a bad third. CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS. A JOCKEY KILLED. Received June 10, 1.5 a.m. MELBOURNE, June 9.

A chapter of accidents occurred at the Oaklands Hunt Club 'Meeting yesterday. Three horses fell in one of the races, and one was injured so badly that it had to be shot. Two jockeys, named Cosgrove and Trainor, were injured. Mac Donald, an amateur rider, had his collarbone broken in another event, while Hogan, a well-known jockey, was killed by a fall in the Belinda Steeplechase.

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