In this matter Mr. A. 8. P, White-Cooper appeared for the petitioning ire absence of any demand. creditor, Mr. E. W. Godfrey for the loose" tonnage is plentiful; debtor, and Mr. G. H. Wright for the if this continues it will be Hongkong and Shanghai Bark, case of "laying ap" for a good many vessels. The next cargo-beata on this berth are as follow:—Marseillee, London and Antwerp Miyasaki Mara (December 'nad 15), Kawachi fora (December 18), raised on bebait of the debtor whether Kitano Mara (December 29) and Syria this Court had or had not bankruptcy Hjarisdiction over bim.
On November 29, the following jadge-it was delivered on this point The question here is this: this {Court Bankraptcy jurisdiction over the! who left Shanghai in Jane, (December 18) Havre, Rotterdam, 1911, that is five months ago, and two Hambarg snd Antwerp Brasilia (De-|\ Imonths before the Bankruptcy Peticember 31); New York vii Sues Iotion against him was filed. arawadi (27), Dacre Cast Under Art. 52 of the old jurisdiction (January 6) and Atholl (January 17).
Order in Conncil—that of 1865—there COAL, would be no difficalty, for that act sup-Messrs. Wheelock and Co,'s report lies the law of England for the time of yesterday: states that arrivals of Japanese coal have been fairly numerous, moatly with " contract-oarg "on the spot" are incressiog, and prices are steady at quotations, It is impossible for native dealers to under-subject to the jariadiction. The take any serious new business owing to! cle is as follows the Isck of banking facilities and the) Each Court shall, as far as circamuncertainty as to how long the revolu-stances admit, have for and within ite tion is' going to last. Only the usual Iowa district, with respect to the feller "cash" sales have taken place. Dcing classes of persona being either liveries of Mancharian are going resident in China or carrying on slowly on socoant of the troatle and business there, namely, resident British there is not much likelihood of any new subjects or foreigners submitting to the business coming to pose for same time. jurisdiction of the Coart, all sach jariasa PETROLEUM IN JAPAN. diction in Bankraptoy aa for the time Agitation has been started by petro-being belongs to the High Court and leam basi men in Jepan for the the County Courts in England, abolition of the excise on petrol Mr, Godfrey for the debtor contends They maintain that some of the kerosene chat Craig having left the jariediction dealers mix illamioating oil with heavy {is neither resident in China nor carrying oil, which is exempted from excise, on basines here and therefore is outside This process of mixing oils in the jurisdiction. constraction in-14 volves the injastioe and absurdity that They suggest on Kerosene oil should be Wortp-rauzp Buoo Mix.
The most searching Blood ser that science and medical skill have brought to light." Safferers from Serofals, Scurry, Eczema, Bad Sores of any Kind are solicited to give it a trial to test ite value, Thousands of wonderfal cares have been effected by it. Sold everywhere at 2s. Od. per bottle, Beware of worthless imitations and bankrupt has only to levant in order to evade our bankraptoy jurisdiction and the Court ought, if possible, so to the order that it will not lead absurdity, Now the thi ide" is ambiguous, ez parte Brenll in re Bowie 16 A.C. p.487, and ought to be construed in accordance with the object and intent of the ensctment in which it occurs. Here I think the word " resident " is not the present tense in grammar bat the present tense in logic it defines close, and to jsecertain what the word means we must look to the subject matter in regard to which it is used, ie. bankruptey law. In that relation it seems to me to mean "ordinarily resident"; but to apply that definition it is necessary'to UN be described as ordinarily resident after a week's, or after two years' absence A period must be determined and this cannot, it seems to me, be otherwise done than by taking the period, provided by section 6 (d) of the Bankraptoy Act 1883, i.e, " oreditor'shall not be entitled to present " bankraptoy T hold. therefore, that the debtor is within the bankruptey jariediction of this Coart.
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