(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. October 31. The process of whitewashing under the latest phase of the Bankruptcy Act is worthy of a passing comment. At the last sitting of the District Court in this township five applied to be adjudicated bankrupts. Ten presented themselves for examination, and six applied for dis charges. Of the latter, nearly all left the Court new men, and quite visible to the naked eye was the heaving sigh of relief which inflated each manly bosom. The doctrine of legal atonement is a con venient one for debtors, but rough on the creditors. It may bo well to mention that most of the applicants hailed from other parts of tho district. The body of Mr Fitzsimmons was found in tho evening of Monday, the 27th instant, in the Manawatu River, near the new railway bridge. The funeral took place on Wednesday, tho 29th instant, the remains being followed to their resting-place by a goodly number of friends. Had sufficient notice been given, a larger gathering would no doubt have attended, as tho deceased was a highly respectable and respected settler. The pleasing nows that a commence ment will shortly bo made with the Palmerston-Woodville section of the Napier railway will have a tendency to enliven business generally, more especially the land market. Tho proposed under taking is, without exception, the most important and most needed link in tho railway system of New Zealand. The question of junction either with Bnnny thorpo or Palmerston is yet undecided, but position, cost of construction, and advantages generally, point to Palmerston as tho most desirable point for commence ment of operations. A Jockey Club war is waging in the township at tho present time. Tho cul prit is tho unfortunate Secretary, who

has been secretly found guilty, secretly Condemned, and secretly dismissed, by live of the Committee, for what is not tightly known. WhSil a man is placed in a position, where it is found necessary to please one gentleman, a J.P., another a banker, another a storekeeper, another a clerk, and another a laboring man. The blending of the several tastes and ideas, arising from the limited compre hension of the laborer to the refined in telligence of the banker, and away to the exalted mind of the J.P., is enough to tax the ablest secretary of any club in the world. 