APPLICATIONS GRANTED

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20498, 14 May 1938, Page 9

APPLICATIONS GRANTED

BANKRUPT’S DISCHARGED SUPREME COURT BUSINESS Five motions for discharge from bankruptcy were granted by the Chief Justice, Sir Michael Myers, in the Supreme Court, Hamilton, yesterday afternoon, while one application for discharge was dismissed and in one other an immediate order was refused. Discharges were granted to the following: William John Close, contractor, of Taumarunui (Mr J. F. Strang); William James Noble Hitchcock, builder, of Te Kuiti (Mr A. Paterson); Roy Sancto Young, mechanic, of Otorohanga (Mr J. F. Trapski): Thomas Eagleson. junior, farmer, formerly of Taupiri, but now of Edgecumbe (Mr C. Henry); Hector John Herbert Perrott, farmer, of If Otorohanga (Mr J. F. Trapski). The application of Desmond Coutes Dallas, formerly of Te Aroha, radio dealer, now journalist, of Paparoa (Mr R. D. McFarland) was dismissed. There was no appearance in this case and the Official Assignee intimated that had there been an appearance he would, in any event, have opposed the application. Application Adjourned. In the case of Edward Arthur Waters, builder, of Hamilton (Mr A. L. Tompkins) an immediate order was refused, the application being adjourned by His Honour until the February session of the Court next year. Petitioner, said Mr Tompkins, had been adjudicated bankrupt in 1933, the primary cause being a contract Into which he entered in 1932. Prior to that he had only once had experience of contracting. If he gained his discharge there might be a chance of him getting a partnership. In evidence, petitioner admitted that he had been owing a Hamilton firm £ll3 at the time he entered into the contract mentioned. He had had, however, that firm’s consent to his taking up the contract. He had explained to the firm that he could not pay them except from what he received through the contract. Petitioner denied that his father, an undischarged bankrupt, had used him as a dummy in the contract transaction. Telephoning Ovorseas. New Zealand's telephone system through the overseas radio channel to Australia and the United Kingdom gives a remarkably wide range of communication, which New Zealanders utilise quite substantially. No fewer than 1725 radio rails have originated in one year from the Dominion, the increase^ over the previous year being over 57 per cent. Of the *1725 calls 632 were to Australia and 158 to the United Kingdom. while in the same period 885 were made from Australia and 50 from the United Kingdom. A development which has greatly improved the efficiency of New Zealand's network of % telephone lines has been the introduction of the ’ carrier” or high-frequency system. Additional circuits of this character include the Hamilton-Roto-rua route.