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Examination of Bankrupt

At a meeting of creditors in the estate of Edgar Mason, of Cashpoint, bankrupt, the following statement was suDinittcd by Mr Pownall for debtor, as Iq the cause of his bankruptcy! Had been placed in ail hotel by Qtap.es and Co at a rent which it tho tiuie wnß rensonablo, but now by depreciation of property, is out of proportion to the trade ruling. The furniture was mortgaged for £IOO, No security was taken over the leasehold, The lease expires on tho Ist day of August of this year, Did not pay any cash down when purchasing. All monies' beyond paying cost of living were remitted to Staples am| Co in payqent of principalj intorest, rent and beer. The takings for 2 years have been .£SOO, or about £5 per week. I had to pay pretty well through the nose for everything. Staples and Co, the largest creditors werp pretty wpl| awaro of my pqsitjoi) twelve months ago. I offered to hand tho Hotel over, if they would relcaso me, but they deolined, consequently under tho circumstances I had no help, but to file, The ascount book of the hotel I have .with mo. I consider the value of the property fGO is a fair value, I have paid roughly £IOO. I lelt iny partners with the understanding that I was to pay a man in my place. I did so as long as I was able, and |ept the payments up. I had an Interest! jn Hid property before I went into the hotel, I had no cash at thetimer but was running tho mails and leased a small pluco up the coast." The stock is of very littl&value at pvesent, i ha\:e an interest in o, nwtgflgo qf 4)290, payable on my mother's death,

but in any case not before December 1894. My motlioi- whose name is Mrs Lessington holds the property, which ib situated ufc Karoi near Wellington, Lessington holds the properly along with my mother for their lives at a peppercorn rental, Tlio interest is payable to my mother,

Native Game-

Thero has been considerable complaint this season that pheasants and native game stand in great danger of extermination in New Zealaud, remarks an Auckland . exchange, owing to their export to Australia, l ear after year birds have become fewer and wilder, and now tlioeuthnsiastio sportsman must either bettte himself to the wilds or tramp around all day anil be .satisfied to have a shot at one wretched spat' row. Before lie gets heme in the evening he must buy a few bids to savo bis reputation, and he gtekito bed cursing the refrigerator anFtllo / Sydney public. I hear few stories now of' fine bags,' and (he best of our shots will be very pleased if he can bring down birds in a day's rambling. His Excellonoy the Go. vernor, Lord Onslow, was out on tuo first day of tlio season, and made a very good bag. He proposes to take a shooting box at Featherston,. in the, Weliington province, and his action will doubtless cause interest to-be taken in oar gaffle. "here can be 110 question that / large numbers of birds are exported to the other side, and that they will' become very scarce in this colony. But our exporters get a fine price for i ?.?' T? 1? any a y° un S country settler looks forward to the shooting season as a time when he will make a substantial addition to his income, Our town sportsmen will have to be satisfied to go farther afield. The long tramps and stiff country will bo good for their muscle and wind. He Put His Footm It.

A London stockbroker and his partner were the best of friends, and their intimacy excended to personal,4 aa well as busiues3 matters. His paitner was a bachelor, and was in the habit of reading letters of an allectionato and ardent nature from a young lady who signed herself "Susie."

The liero of the story went away on an extended trip, and returned just in time to attend the wedding ofhis partner. Wishing to show his ' ' good will, lie sent the happy couple a wedding present, and at the weddin° reception stepped gallantly forward ■ to pay bis respects, " feel like a stranger," he said, m his sweetest tones, addressing the bride; "in fact, I feel as though I ought to be quite well acquainted with my partners wife, since lie has so oftor done me the honour to readme extracts from his dear Susie's letters."

The faces of tho husband and speaker were studies as tho bride drew herself up and said, emphatically and distinctly, " 1 beg your pardon, sir. My name is Helen."

Worms that eat Steel.

( tho past two years tho German Government has been makiug inquiries into the life, history, and ravages'*! of one of the most remarkable worms known to exist. This wonderful \ croature,whoso gluttonous appetite is £ only satisfied after a feed on common \ steel, was first brought into general notice by an article in tlio O'ologne Gazette in June, 1887,. _ For some time preceding the publication of the account mentioned, tho greatest consternation existed among tho engineers employed on the railway at Hagen, by acoidonts which always occurred at the same place, proving that some terrible defect must exist either in the material or the construction of tho rails.

The Government became interested. and sent a commission to tho spot for the purpose of maintaining a constant watch at the spot where tke accident—ono of them attended with loss of life—had occurred, Itwas not, however, until after six months had elapsed that the surfaco of tho rails appeared to bo corroded, as if by acid, to the extent of 100 yards. Tho rail was taken up and broken, '''fliilllllitllll aljly honeycombed bp fhii], 'g like gray worm. The worm is said * to be two centimetres in length and 4r about the bigness of a common knitting needle, It is a gray colour, and on the head of it carries two little sacs or glands, filled with amost powerful corrosive secretion, which is ejected every ten uinntes when the ittle domonis lying undisturbed. This hquid wlion squirted upon tho iron renders that metal soft and spongy, and of tho colour of rust, when it is easily and greedily devoured by the little insect. 'There's no exaggeration, 1 says the official report, 'in the assertion that this creature is the most voracious, for it has devoured thirtysix kilogrammesof railsin a fortnight, 1 —N.Z. Graphic. Unfortunate Cattle.

A statement has been made to us (Lyttelton Times) which undoubtedly presents such details as ought to bo ROMchingly investigted by the ollicor , of tho Society for the prevention of 4 cruelty to animals. Tlio statement i s ' : to this effect'.—A consignment of eighty bullous sent from Wanganui, arrived Atldibgtan jjy train on Tliursduy, As soon as they wero removed from the trucks two or threo. fell from exhaustion in the yard, and were afterwards killed, The -*| whole herd wore apparently in a state 1 " of madness from thirst; thoy rushed to a small pool near the station, and were with difficulty dislodged and driven off down the road. Coming to a drain near the township of Qrewa they crowded tp jt, To approaoh to tms drain is boggy, and sevoral of the animals wero either suffocated or wero victims to the effect of the water so greedily swallowed, In their weak statothey wero unable to extricate themselves. As the journey from Wanganut to Christchurch occupies forty-eight hours it is evident that the aniinals .must have suffered severely if they had no water by tho way,

Horrible Discovery at New I York. f

A Murdered Man in a Cask.

A murderer in Copenhagen, Denmark, a few weeks ago, confessed his crime, and declared that his victim had been sent over to in' a barrel laboM "'plaster," and addressed to the fictitious firm of Beresford Bros, Racine, Wis. A cable to this effect led to an investigation, and the barrel was found in the cellar of.tlio Appraiser's, stora and when opened tlje body of a nian feet nr height was found, (inly slightly decomposed, though it had

been in tlio cellar for six weeks,,.Tho cask was sout over in the steamer Thingvalla, and was entered on tlio ship's manifest as "one package of chomicals, caro Wells, Fargo & Co,' Tlio cask is a large ono, such as is used iu shipping wino, with heavy ono stavo3 and iron hoops, Although tlio mcro fact that its contents lmd not been cloarly stated on tlio manifest should have clearly asked , for the vigilance of the examiner, it had no such salutary offeot, Tlio liiiiiilliiilli a small auger hole through the top of tlio barrel, and carelessiy looking at tlio white stuff which adhorcd to the implement, which ho recognised as plaster, and valued the caskful at lOdols, making the duty 2.20d0)5, The big cask might liavo been filled with thousands of dollars' worth of valuablo silks or 1,000,000 dols worth of diamonds, but such an "examination' 1 could never liavo ftdiscoyejtd it, When the special for tlio cask ho \ liad great difficulty in finding it, aad when ho caused the head of the cask to be removed a horrible sight was revealed. " Thero had been no odour until tlio cask was opened," he said, "and oven when the head of the cask was taken oft the stench was not very strong at first, Within the cask was the body of a large man, with close-cut, blonde hair and beard and a ruddy face.

, The features wen easily recognisable, jptfliercwas loose plaster in the cask aVound the body, some of which was moist and sticking to the features. The body was that of a man about fifty-five years o|d and fully six feot in height. The legs were drawn up, and the hands and arms twisted acoss the cheat, 'i'ho body seemed to be fully clothed."

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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3526, 3 June 1890, Page 2

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Examination of Bankrupt Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3526, 3 June 1890, Page 2

Examination of Bankrupt Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3526, 3 June 1890, Page 2

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