AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 259, 10 May 1883, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

(Per s,s. Arawiuaut the iSluff ) . Per Press Association. - ''■■";.. -„ ' ■ '-■■■ Melbourne, ;Majsi > The against; Elizabeth 'liaylop and Jeanne- iMonichou, tor unlawful practices in;. ' 3a¥oeuring . abortion,' 'was "-'*■■' /tried on Thprsday. XAe jury ' w«4r» again unablje to a'gxee, and prisoneri Were, remanded till the n.cx i session. ; v. V •Henry WiiVter, *he welUknbwn New Zealand " Grt&f In«Uan -Corn Doctor,'* is insolvent. ci n hig .examination, debtor stated) that when he c<^iutaenced businekli v . at-Prahan last yeaV as • -storekeeper j he had L2OOO m cash and diamonds!. . During Heren months he lost L 4006. He i could either : i^ad norVTmtev and . kept no books to show his receipts aid . •■ disbursements. In February fie, wld a qnantity of goods at auction at Ball irat, which had hot been paid f«r TUo creditors expressed^ the opinion that, the case was of an unsatiufactory nature.- . '■; .. -■■' : \ , ->- : ': ; / ' _' : ■'._■■ ■, Another case of insolvency ia ; exciting a g o«I deal b£ comment.; William Earnest Petty borrowed; money from Aaron Waxman on the- .■■"... security of iooney^receiFHble under his •athei's will, on : Hi» attnining 25 yearsJ. Waxin-in a fvanced L4OOO at^ 25s perceut mtoi'est ;■ if not, paid quarter!?, c-uupoaad interest to be .c.harafed, 4. clause was inserted m the deed prereafc* ingj tbe : rep«ynient of the principal until he came into the pro; erty. r He v also, caused Petty |o insure bis life. T.'iW, Argus.'in au .article, states tha,t XVaxmat^ isiunfiik continue- to hold the Com- ; mission of the Peace. . ;! s t In tho ex'taoi'dinitry case of iinfiostnre jn whic^!>4Ml named Catherine driffia wrote letters' to i various persons, m the* 1 name of M'Coy, daughter of the, profi)B--sbr.ofr.of that name, stating ?that hor bro^ thei?, who wa^ pracfising law at T ii.«pekjv, New Zealand was m de-stttate circum'^tsmces, and no willing t» .appl y to , h<-r fatber for assistance, the. Iteacli. dismissed the p:»se, as pW'if of the Writing was to «uffiftivTjtly c'pir. Iris pro"bible h t iut her proceedings will hp. takei V ../.; ' . '- ■ ; , ... 4 . . .■•'- '. '" . v