The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, APRIL 7,1883. WIPING OUT DEBTS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1347, 7 April 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, APRIL 7,1883. WIPING OUT DEBTS.

Mr Krull at, a recent meeting of creditors of a Mr, Percival Johnston, held at Wellington, is reported to have said: " I have done what I think any. honorable man would do who, is in business; "and J leave it with the mercantile community to judge whether I am right or not, and not to the legal profession. I say, this again,and I mean to repeat it,'before his.lfonor the Judge. ■ I shall not employ a'lawyer— I shall be my own lawyer—that I "for one shall not allow, 4 gentleman with such prospects as Mr Johnston ,has,ito wipe out his debts*;-audi shall'do this to.show that the commercial community dp not assent to such behayiohiv 'Merchants must make a stand against such action, and Mr Johnston happens to be the victim in this'case.,'But a Stand must be made, for the commercial community will not tolerate, such proceedings.". Our present bankruptcy law affords extraordinary facilities; for wiping out debts.., It is easier, •for-a camel tago through.the eye of 'aneedle than for a man who knows what ho is about to fail in getting a certificate of discharge from all his'liabilities.' It is beginning to be' felt all over New Zealand that the path, through" the bankruptcy court is so easy that instead of an occasional unfortunate trader, taking it at ut funereal pace, men rush through it one after another like a flock of sheep.- What is really wanted, is that the commercial community which has been in this colony excessively lax in' these matters should' make some stand against debts being regarded as' "optional obligations." We trust the sentiments which have been expressed so openly by Mr KroHi are shared by other merchants in the Empire City, Still, the ground taken by this particular merchant is not a high one, Public indignation is to be called down on the headof individuals who could if they would do something for their creditors, but the real ovil is left untouched, and that is the way many men plunge recklessly into debt, and bug after they are virtually bankrupt maintain a pretence of solveney, and add victim after victim to the list of those whom they are destined to bleed, If the mercantile community attempted to expose the fraud, trickery, and deceit which is so frequently spoken of in commercial circles, arid which occasionally is revealed in cases which have to sustain legal inquiry, it'would do,'more good for the colony than it possibly can by merely seeking to compel one or two bankrupts to surrender some, of the spoil which they have managed to place beyond the reach of •their-'creditors. .Trade is, now com 'ducted in this colony on- such a basis that 'any man can start in business without capital, live, well till his accumulated debts require to be wiped out %. the usual legal process, arid then start afresh at' the same game. It,is notaltogether, (he law,', but the low cpdo r of ;commereial morality which',preivaUs.; amongst us which- permits this. sKMr Kruli, : can-succeed in getting of ; to.'iua.ke ,'a.stand; against; any.malpractice he-will i,do good work, but it is the merchants •themselves .who require to be educated higher trading standards, trusted; to;;; maintain ."the .commercial credit of the: colony unaided by aiid we commend the plan of the ; Piight;Hon. J. OHAiiBERL&iN, ,w.hich makes an official," .ffot;ovpditpS' ■enquiry, into 'the "causes : of all b'ank- ; fuptcies, a' necessary preliminary_to 'handing over estates for creditors-to deal with. ,-?.•..

Tlio fttlverluouiom lor inolve buys fur St Muihow's Oluuoli choir was responded to by tovoral caiujid.ties on Tlmtsday evening, wore solecled five more are now required and the applicant's* are requ'eated to attend at tho Sunday Solioolroora .on Tuesday evening ,npxt o at 7 o'clock.;Jv,.''-*;■%;:< h '■■' '^•' , Tho Greytown Football Club ,'atart workihiß'afternoon when a picked team; Will play all comers. The ball will be kicked Off-StJtlvreer-Qolock. -.-,. .., ~ ;

\ ,Th,e Greytown rFire Brigade/had an excellent' practice on Thursday evening there' being 14 members p'resoiit. The engine was not ready and a fair start made, the eiiginelbeihg run from; the;shed, to Mr well arid iho iios'e attached and afliiw'of w«ter got,in a very short space of lime. Tlip r membei'fl are getting, to k work'now,au'd,'if the Brigade Wd a-few more active ''members they would give a good account of themselves in a competition, >

The second quarter ,of the Wellington' Oojlege and the Girls' High School com-' mencea on Monday 16th April; ' The .Mallei ton ..Debating... Society meetiuj fell:-Wjiigh last' there was not^'aQuorum of members ; in attendance.-

, The colonial arohiteot'sofficeisevidently well informed as to lta'owii operations. It sent a Clerk of Works up to Maaierton this week to inspect the progress of the' courthouse buildiiig, whioli as yot only existsoiiipaper,;;';]:j ;■;'-. ~'"'/;:'; [ hju

Theannual meeting of the Town Lands Trust is convened for Monday 'April Gill' at the Institute Mustertou.

A 'special meeting' of;, the M&slertbn Institute Coinniiliee was held; yesterday afternoon, which adopted the report and balance sheet which will be found in another columns : '' ' !

From our advertising columns it will be seen thai; on Monday next Kibblewhite'a well known Temperance Hotel Masterton will be submitted for sole by public auciioti by Messrs T. Kennedy Macdonald' & Co,, at Wellinuton, The house id favor able, known in this district, always commandingagood.bu'sinesiand should afford anyonedesirblis of securing;)'good business site, a good.opportunity of doing so. Particulars of the ground and oilier details will-be found in the advertisement.

The following 'new.postmasters have been appointed', for the Wellington r dis trict:—o. Tuiinicliff, Daleiield, H.Roe, GUdeßtono ; F; A. Sheath, Matailuma ;- H. Biiillie, To Aro; H. Neillson Taueru. Mr Coleman Phillips is reported to be about to deliver a lecture at the Kurilpuni public hall, on the South fc'ea Islands. ,

. ! W;e are requested to remind members of llio Masterton Opaki Jockey Olnb of the .half yearly meeting this evening. We hope to see a full attendance as continual postponements are not flattering to the members.

THe'Masterton Buildins; Society receives its monthly coiitrihuiions at the office of the Secretary 10 day, A handsome rosewood Trichord .piano is adratisod for sale, Particulars of this instrument canbe obtained from Mr Price.

In-reporting Messrs Lowes and Irons improvement in their oattle yards yes'lerwe'made a mistake in the accomodation forcatilei.it should have been for 200 not. 800 head,

Mr' Edwin Meredith junior lias resigned his seat for the Waimuoru Riding at the Wairarapa Bast County. Nominations of candidates for the vacant seat cluso on the 19th Inst

Our weather reporter writes:—The past week has been .cold and damp,, quite •winterly in aspect. Snow fell, on the night of the &h on the Tarorua ranges, foreboding a long, perhaps severe, winter.Rain fell on five. dayß,,giylngji rainfall of : l'4ls,inch for the wetjk. The..baVonieter .has varied l muclr daily," shewing 'the atmosphere 10 be ina'jery electrical condttioii j therefore, as :nivjlit be exnected, a fine display, of. ihe Aurora Australia was seen, The'menu reading for the week'is--29565 inches- Tlio mean for Ihe thermometer is 52 i'iih The winoV has been breezy at times, and during the "week from ;a south or, south-west direction. A singular circumstance 'was noticed ■■on the ; i|lst:^|j>lasUnbnth,',.that was, the' baronieter; fell iwith aspiitlirwest; wind blowing.;';;. |: : , ' : -!tS;. •■;;' -:'J: V-■;''... "X ■ \x^-Tm'vy^^r-:: ' The Edendale,' Southland although.doing a fair-business, and although every doubt has beeu. removed as to whether or not it would be a paying concern, is-(says the Southland Times) capable of accomplishing twice the work it now. has 10-pßrfonn. About. 550 gallons of milk- are now daily converted into .cheese, and, of that quantity only 140 gallons are supplied by, outsiders The remainder ■: is" the ' product ' of th company's own cows, about 200 in nume her... ■:•■■••'■

Sir Dillon Bell reports to the Govern.menfc; that he has inspected the emigrants on the Oxford which had to put buck to Plymouth, and found they had behaved extremely well under the trying circum'stmices, only a very few being anxious not to. proceed on the voyage. It will probably be a month or six ; weeks.before the vessel will be ready ! to'sail, and Messrs Shaw and Saville will be urged to provide another suitable vessel. ■ -

An .experiment is ; now being tried by the, Education' department in Ireland, which deserves the attention-of English school boards. A grant in made to a school near Cork for training sons and daughters of farmers to the practical .business of their calling. The young men have lessons in almost, every branch of agricultural knowledge;-, the yoiing women get lessons'in dairy management, also in plain cookery and- ■ the economical management of food..

The Waitara Press records the following :,A practical joke was perpe trated/o'n,-. same-ofcbur-enthusiastic hoodlujnj W "other .evening, A resident, '. newly-returned from a brief honeymoon, with!! tin-. kettling"'unleks : ie" 'lshouted," and on the interesting,;occasion invited his well-wishers indoors, where they were entertained with bun's ,andr.bee'r )( the latter commodity being .judiciously strengthened with Epsom salts', The happy pair drank cold ;tea.. ■"-.■.'.'■•'

We would stron«ly recommend an early visit to the Hall of Commerce; from our own personal knowledge, we must .say, that a more complete stock of'alMhelateat and most ohpioe designs iniMillinevy, general Drapery and'Olothing has not been placed beforethe...inhabitants of,thjFWairarapaon Any pvevwuS/.MCasidn.,' ,-MvjG.' \\ r i Sphrbder ! %i received" ..150, casesof | Wjintjri, ,P,raperj;,-j h.oughl, Londoni 'agent' h o : ;maßt';favora,blo ternis fdr'jbaeH, jit-is the intention ,oflJlr Sbhrride.r.'tpjKive his dußiomerSj'j;|e. full benefit or the disddurit ullowed hiin for. oash, • Thia.stock of rioh and-fa'shionable goods' villi be dißplayed.ithis .evening, at' the Hall of Commerce.—Advt. .. " - ..To ladies>,who Me? : ,of _gpod.' blankets, irpm 7B T Gd;pe? pair,,'go to "Sa^p&Hare,—Anw. :'

The Milwaukee fire brought nut tho energy of American firemen in a novel way. Milwaukee 'wanted a Steam fireengine, and telegraphed to Ninety miles off. It was at work within -within two hours, the firemen 1 ho ving' ,traversed. tho,; ninety miles iin.|eighty;. minutes-—a rate iof gbirig roached on any American railroad, and pn9Bibiyaß dangerous as the fire.: ' A device in the arrangement of watch hands ■ has .been patented', "whereby.■;!he traveller may'seo, at. a glance the time, both at the place he is'leaving and whatever Iboal time hem"iy wfahtto' keep at * a distance. The value to the travelling public of s'uqh ajseryice isjapparent in;the facility it'affords for making 7 connexion between trains run at : different times.'The .irnpiqvement consials. merely in/a conwhe'rabya thin Sand may >be placed oh the'''diaWithout any'obango" m the movement of the watch,

To aid farmers in arriving at. aoouraoy ;in;estimalin'f! ; 'lhe amount of land in diff-. '.erenffieldsUhdercultivation, the following plan is given:—Five yards wide by 963 contains one acre. Ten yards wide by4B3,long containsfcn"e*'liifef' 'Twenty yards wide ,by|24J2 foftgj pne'acre. Severity' yards w'ide'b'y long' contains one aore, Eighty yards wide by Co|long contains one acre. Sixty feet wide by V 26 long contains one aore, One hundred and ten feet.wide.by 397 long contains one acre/ Ok'hiindred and thirty feet wide by. SGoUong contains ,one acre, Four .hu'ndredarid fqrtyjfe'et'wide by; 99, long contains one acre,.

! The Bay 'of 'Plenty Times of February 24ih l sayß;-"We hear that a Dunedin meroliant, a Mr jWilspli, ■the citizens (if Neisori--'(knb'wn now as the Sleepj?'Hollow) l by purchasing the whole ofthe hop crop.of this season, This gentleman wired]last week to his agent at Nelson, requesting to know tho pried of hops now. being .harvested^, The reply waS'li6'd per'lb;';' trie 1 -reply was'"Purohase all you cau," which was done, amounting to £IO,OOO. The next day the Nelson- hop-growers awoke to thefaot that hops had risen in price in London to Bs, per, 1b,,, and that Mr .Wilson had realised upon his bargains '2OO percent., or a clear gain of The Nelson hop-growers, after this lesson, are now agitating for a co operative association, by,which, they will hold weekly markets, and ao navetheirhops.sold by auction,

■ A Sari Franoiseo' publisher sent a "spickspan" new .copy of Milton to a Bodie'editor'the other day. The great man (whose labor, prior to taking charge of an influential mountain'journal, bad been principally confined to writing, items for the papers during the winter, antl takingexevcisein thp.harvest-field in summer) heaved a .weary,; sigh as;the office boy handed him; the; volume-, and, remarking bitterly "Morehew books to review, I suppose!" lookout his his tobacco knife and proceeded to cut the virgin leaves. " Milton—Milton ?" he' said musingly, I 1 Some NetvTorker, I suppose,' Well, here goes for to-morrow's edition anyhow I"—" We received yesterday a copy of John Mdton's poems from the entorprising house of X X, San Francisco. ; The book opens with a long yarn of' Paradise Lost. 1 This is enough for us, John Milton would do better to return to his legitimate newspaper Bphere He may be ablo to describe a masquerade ball or a street row, but in our.opinion he is a poor poet."'

A Paris telegram in a Home paper of Fab, 9th says:—!' The sale of Sarah Bernhardt's jewels began an theauction mart to-day. There was an- immense crowd. Prices ruled high, but were not on the whole such fancy prices as I anticipated, ij' The, highest was for a necklace in brilliants," 'i96o; many others, ranging from,.£3oo to £2O, did not;fetch Mk than'their iyajue, if so much?'"

After a very, long dry and warm stretch of summer,':weather, it is but reasonable to expeotvji -'somewhat sovere winter. The "oldest-hillabitant" prognosticates it, and the unusual seVerity/f the last winter in in the' Old no doubt but that our tarn will conjß ; nMt,, To bo forewarned, is to be. forflarmed!l.'|)qn't forget youi; blankets.;" Wff|m supply ydti.well,, as .we bold'-ohe of the largest stocks in Welling ton, imported'dffept-ffgmttlJKJriaiiii faoturers. . We. can wj^i^^'^anyiy,.' but* excellent thebeß^oiaiTlro English, German, Koslyn',' and' : Kai'as6i manufacture, and in Bizes to suit the con of,' the infant; the' swag of tho' btishnian| the siiigle bed of the bachelor, the' double ono of • the beiiediofc, ; and some'that might almost be large e'nounlv for the Great' Bed of ■ Ware,' We have also a very large range; of prices, varying according to size ■ and quality, from 7s Gd to 60? per pair,- Customers' will find a great advantage, in purchasing from: an, 'extensive, well-selected,'and directly impor- : ted stock of blankets; j such' as'they will see at James Sunn's Te.AroHouso Wellington, —Advt, '•"'■•■ ~:. ■-,- •;> ■: :|Y •