LATEST AUCKLAND NEWS
(by TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.
Auckland, Wednesday. At the Supreme Court to-day Judge Gillies refused the application for a mandamus to reverse the decision of the Licensing Committee of Auckland North relative to the four closed hotels. This upholds the power of a committee to close houses on the simple grounds of not being required in the neighbourhood. It is probable that work will ho resumed shortly at the Eight Honrs Plour Mill, under tho direction of the Loan Company.
Only about 20 men put in an appearance at the meeting of the unemployed to-day. At a meeting of creditors' of Thomas Morrill to-day, the debtors statement set forth that he was a very larso shareholder in T. and S. Morrin and Co. In conser|iience of depression having severely affected several large accounts, large sums were charged to his account with the company. Hisshnrcs were realised, and hestands a debtor to the company to the extent of £13,1!)(1. From the establishment of the company until December last, when lie resigned, ho was managing director, and during that time was not in business on his own account. He had a large interest in landed property in YVaikato and in the V* ellinf,ton province, upon which he had expended large sums of money, which proved entirely unremur.erative, and about two and a-half yeara ago assigned the whole of the properties to the mortgagees. The liabilities including £13,100 amount to £17,331. The unencumbered assets are land, shipping, industrial and mining shares valued at £1,000 and other propevty £100, total £1,710. Mr Cooper proposed and Mr Russell seconded, "That this meeting be adjourned till Friday week, at 2 p.in." Mr Cooper stated his object was to give Mr Morrin time to prepare a detailed statement. The company had no feeling of hostility to Mr Morrin, but wished, owing to the magnitude of the interests at stake, to have as full an account as possible of all the transactions. The motion was agreed to.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2649, 4 July 1889, Page 2
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