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Typo: A Monthly Newspaper and Literary Review, Volume 1
Northern Notes
Northern Notes.
At the annual general meeting of the Auckland branch of the N. Z. Typographical Association recently, the following officers were elected: President, T. R. Hales; Vice-President, F. Christmas; Secretary and Treasurer (re-appointed), T. A. Hockings; Trustee (re-appointed), Jas. Corbett; Board representatives, J. H. Kirkham, J. R. Cross, and J. Graham; and as representing the different offices, J. Lane, Star; E. Martin, Herald; Geo. Hardwick, Bell (since resigned, and succeeded as collector by Mr Kirkham); W. Edmondston, Leader; and J. Boyle, Atkins's office.
At a subsequent meeting of the Board, Thos. Smith and Thos. Cox (machinist) were accepted as ordinary members, and W. Wright and W. Jennings as honorary members.
Prior to Mr Jennings' proposal for re-admission, that gentleman, at the invitation of the President, appeared before the Board to give an explanation of his reasons for leaving the Society eight or nine months ago. It transpired that the chief cause of his secession arose from what he considered an exhibition of personal animus towards him on the part of the then Secretrry, further aggravated by the then Board accepting the statements of the Secretary and ratifying his action without notifying him of the fact and affording him an opportunity such as the present of refuting the statements made against him. After Mr Jennings had retired, the Board discussed the question, and finally agreed that there appeared to be at least some fault on both sides: but it was matter for regret that, considering Mr Jennings' previous career as a member of the Association, the paragraph in the report recording his secession should have contained the words « at a critical juncture, » thereby conveying the idea that he seceded through unworthy motives.—The Board instructed the Secretary to mention this matter in his correspondence with Typo, and also to insert a paragraph in his next half-yearly report, so as to correct the now evident injustice done to Mr Jennings.
Business is very dull here. Several men are out of work, with little prospect of obtaining any at their trade for some time to come.
It is quite evident that the new Parliament is on the whole a great improvement on the last. According to one of the most thoroughgoing organs of the late ministry, it is « eminently respectable. » Whether it is worth the £20,000 or £30,000 which the general election cost, remains to be seen.—The eighty-three inmates of the Benevolent Institution duly voted at Caversham, and it is reported that eighty « blocked » for Rutherford—who, it is satisfactory to add, was defeated by over 200 votes.—The Minister of Mines, notwithstanding his un-parliamentary language, secured his seat.
Every mail brings fresh evidence of the enterprise of German houses in pushing trade in these colonies. The direct mail brings us a copy of No. 1 of the Export Journal, published by G. Hedeler, of Leipzig. It is a closely-printed quarto, of over forty pages, in English, French, and German, and contains notes and articles on tariffs, patents, exhibitions, publications, &c., besides numerous advertisements, and a directory of manufacturing and export houses. The list of trade papers is not a mere catalogue of names, but includes an abstract of the contents of the latest numbers. The list of new books comprises important works in all modern tongues, and titles in Russ and modern Greek give a curious polyglot appearance to the page. So much information could have been compiled only with great labor and expense: and the new periodical cannot but prove of service both to import and export houses.
A peculiar newspaper case has been decided in the Supreme Court in Wellington. It appears that the present proprietor of the Pahiatua Star, on purchasing the property, gave a four-months' bill for £600, with the understanding that it should be afterwards renewable at stated periods. In December last, on the note falling due, an instalment of £50 was paid, and a bill for £550 given, endorsed by a number of local residents. This bill was transferred to a private discounter, who refused to renew it, and upon its being dishonored, took proceedings to recover the amount with interest. For the defence it was alleged that the promissory note was made void or materially altered without the consent of the defendants by the addition of the words « Payable at the Bank of New Zealand, Woodville, » and by striking out the words « This note is renewable for a period of one year and eight months, the sum of £50 to be paid off at each renewal, by Alex. Birnie, John Stone Crimp, and Edward A. Haggen signing the note and becoming joint makers. » The jury, after half-an-hour's deliberation, gave a verdict for £550, with 8 per cent. interest; and judgment was entered up for plaintiff, with costs on the highest scale.
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