TELEGRAPHIC

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3743, 23 February 1891, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC

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Accidents anl Fatalities.

- *2i. E. Bladkmore,trainer for Mr Bfobbs, of Timaru, met with an aocident this morning. He was galloping Psyche round the racecourse without shoes, and the ground being damp, the'horse fell on the rider, causing i. compound fracture of the left arm. : Auckland, February; 22.. A child seventeen months, old, daughter of a settler named Bitter, has been drowned near .Russell. ~. 1 Interesting? Insurance Aotlon. Donedin, February 22,* The insurance case Smith y., the London and Liverpool and Olobe Company,-was concluded -on ,9atu r--day. The claim was for £IOOO, the amount of'a policy of insurance effected with the Company on plaintiff's stock and fittings, which wks destroyed by fire. The defenoe put forward was that plaintiff v failed to give as accurate andparticularaa accoqnt of his loss as the case - woujd admit of within 15 days; that there was fraud and overcharge of imposition on the part of. the- plaintiff; that a false declaration was made by him in stating that** goods to the yalne of £1912', Ba' 8d were burnt, and. that , the loss amounted to a verymuch smaller sum. The jury, after four hours' deliberation, found On all . issues in favout of the plaintiff and gave a. verdict to the full amount claitiied. The jury first found the value of the stock and fittings to be £1650, and remarked that defendants' share' would be £B4O, but it .was pointediotit that the plaintiff possibly;might not' succeed against the other company concerned, and that the jury had not to opportion the damages as between the two companies, as that could be subsequently adjusted. A full verdict for the plaintiff was then given, leave being reserved for the Company's counsel to move to set aside the judgment.

WiUoughby Brassey's Bankruptcy

Gisborne, February 21. . Before Mr Justice Conolly this 1 morning, an application was made for the discharge from bankruptcy of Willoughby Braasey, solicitor. Objection was taken by a creditor who' alleged that his wages had not been paid, but his proof of debt being contradictory, the objection was not upheld. An objection was also taken alleging improper conduct by the bankrupt prior to his bankruptcy, in incurring a great indebtedness when he was in an insolvent position, and also charging him with making atr improper statement of his assets and liabilities. These objections were overruled, and an order made for his discharge. During the hearing of the case it was stated that a former officer of the Court had not accounted for moneys collected in one or two estates, and that he could not be found, bavin? left the Colony. 1