A DEALER'S BANKRUPTCY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 496, 1 May 1909, Page 6

A DEALER'S BANKRUPTCY.

, The-first-meeting o? creditors ia-tio bant-' fpt: estate of Thomas George Bottorill, r< r SL-f f'- 17as t' d before o. Official Assigneo ■; (Mr.. A. Simpson), and EtaSSr The statement showed that £784 -6s 103 tras owing unsecured creditors, against had stock, artiraatk to' raotttzce £JW. 1 Tho. principal creditors wiro:- Messrs: packy, Logan, and Caldwell, £360 : GaJrrinl Jjowis, Auckland,; '£138; V. Jcnson,£27 • Uutterworth IJros., Danedin, £100 in a writtcp statement,, dobtor said that no Jott Auckland about four and a half years ago in a perfectly solvent condition. Aftor being in business. for Boveral years as a boot manufacturer aiiil general dealer he came to Wellington in September, lM,'and did very woU for a start, -.tat family itroubics cost hna money.' Ho then opened a branch shop in Ghuziico Street, but he lost about £70 on it. About eighteen months ugo, ho bectime and this injured, bis business. Business men to had dealt with bad always found him honourable, i and ho had' always put honour before wealth. - Mr, Jensen: Is tho bankrupt prepared-to Jiwfco any offer to his creditors? 51r. Wiiford . replied that he could not. His client was an honest man, Tjut had cx.penenccd a rua of ill-luck. • Tho Assignee supported tho. latter-state-meat, and .suggested realisatian of tho.assots. as speedily as possible. I ft was decided to call for tenders for the I pkxk,>tailwzjwhkh -itTUßjatiOTofaanJ